HK to See More Scheduled Flights in Summer SeasonEighty-two more scheduled passenger and cargo services to and from Hong Kong are offered by airlines on a weekly basis in the summer season of 2001, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Department said Wednesday.In the new season from March 25 to October 27, 98 more scheduled passenger and cargo services are offered per week, but 16 services are also suspended, thus making the net increase to 82. Most of the new passenger services operate between Hong Kong and cities in the Chinese Mainland and in the Asia-Pacific Region. At present, a total of 63 airlines offer scheduled passenger and cargo services from Hong Kong to about 130 destinations worldwide. "With the additional number of scheduled services offered by airlines, the total number of flight movements at the Hong Kong International Airport has increased to more than 3,800 per week," the spokesman said. "The number of flights handled by our air traffic controllers per hour has gone up from 45 to 47 during the busy hours from March 25 onwards to cope with the higher volume of traffic," he said. |
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