Hong Kong celebrated the launch of their second Beijing route on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, with inaugural service to Beijing Daxing International Airport. The Hong Kong Beijing-Daxing route will operate four times per week.
On Wednesday (March 15, 2023), Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) celebrated the launch of their inaugural flight between Hong Kong (HKG) and Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), their second Beijing route, which will be operated four times weekly. Customers were treated to souvenirs at the boarding gate before flight HX308 departed Hong Kong at 09:35, later arriving in Beijing at 12:55. Upon arrival at Beijing-Daxing, the flight was greeted with a traditional water cannon salute by the airport’s ARFF team.
Speaking at Wednesday’s inaugural ceremony, Hong Kong Airlines’ Chairman, Hou Wei, said,
“Hong Kong Airlines is honored to be the first local carrier in Hong Kong to offer services at Beijing Daxing Airport, and opening this route will further strengthen the Company’s market position in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region. Benefiting from the unprecedented pent-up demand for travel, we’ll increase flight service between Hong Kong and Beijing. In the pipeline, our flights between Hong Kong and Daxing Airport will turn daily starting from 26 March, whilst we also look to gradually increase service between Hong Kong and Beijing Capital Airport from the current once-a-day to two to three flights a day, providing customers with highly flexible travel options by seamless connections under one ticket and direct baggage connections to our other regional flights.”
With the lifting of pandemic-related travel restrictions, Hong Kong Airlines expects to increase operations to 44 daily flights by April 2023, approximately 45 percent of pre-pandemic levels. By April, the airline will serve 18 regional destinations including Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, Sapporo, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Manila, Hanoi, Bali, Beijing (Capital and Daxing), Shanghai (Hongqiao and Pudong), Hangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu and Haikou. HKA will also launch new direct service to Fukuoka in Japan from April 2023.
Hong Kong Airlines Celebrates Inaugural Service Between Hong Kong and Beijing Daxing International Airport on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - Courtesy Hong Kong Airlines
Founded in 2006, Hong Kong Airlines serves 25 destinations across the Asia-Pacific and North America. The airline has 89 interline and 16 codeshare agreements and one joint venture partnership. The carrier operates an all-Airbus fleet of 32 aircraft including 12 A320 Family, 18 A330 Family, and two A350-900 aircraft. Hong Kong Airlines operates one of the youngest fleets in the world and has been awarded a Four-Star rating by Skytrax since 2011.
Source: Hong Kong Airlines