After the epidemic prevention measures at entry were relaxed to “0+3”, Hong Kong people can’t wait to book air tickets to travel abroad. Low-cost airline Hong Kong Express (HK Express) announced yesterday that it plans to add more than 400 additional flights and more than 80,000 seats in the next three months to and from Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Bangkok and Singapore. Citizens have been “stayed” in Hong Kong for three years, and the traditional Christmas tourist season is approaching, and there are still three months before the holiday. The air ticket from Hong Kong to Tokyo Narita has risen to over 10,000 yuan, and some flights have even shown “full capacity”.
HK Express said yesterday that since the “0+3” news and Japan’s relaxation of inbound travel restrictions, its flight bookings have broken records. Therefore, it is planned to add more than 400 flights and about 80,000 seats successively from October to December, and flights to and from Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Bangkok and Singapore.
HK Express, which is itself a low-cost airline, was favored by many Hong Kong people before the epidemic. It often offered ultra-low discounts such as “1 Mosquito Air Ticket” and “99 Mosquito Air Ticket”. It was “not a dream” to travel to and from Japan at about 2,000 yuan at the opportunity. The public is welcome. Our reporter searched the HK Express official website yesterday for the price of air tickets to Narita, Tokyo, Japan. If you want to eat soup and set off in the next week or two, the price for the outbound journey from September 30 to October 10 ranges from HK$2,018 to 2,338 yuan, the return fare from October 3 to October 17 ranges from HKD 918 to 1,268, together with the additional purchase of 25 kg of checked luggage and fuel surcharges of 360 yuan per trip, the minimum cost per round-trip air ticket About 4,013 yuan.
Christmas flight to Tokyo and Narita for over 10,000 yuan
Christmas is the traditional peak season for travel. Fly overseas for a white Christmas. This year, you can take 3 days off to play for ten days. If you plan to travel here, you must prepare enough money, because the price of air tickets alone has doubled compared to normal. . According to the official website, one of the two outbound flights on December 24 was full, and the other flight took off at 10:50 a.m. with a fare of HK$5,638. As for the return air ticket, if you plan to return to Hong Kong on January 2 next year, the price will range from 3,888 to 4,688 yuan, together with miscellaneous expenses such as checked baggage, the air ticket alone will cost more than 10,000 yuan per person.
Cathay Pacific on October 200 passenger flights
In addition, Cathay Pacific has previously announced that it will open more than 200 additional passenger flights to Asian and long-haul destinations in October, resume daily flights to and from Tokyo Haneda Airport from November, and resume four flights a week from December Flights to and from Sapporo, etc., flights to and from Tokyo (Narita) and Osaka will increase to 43 pairs and 50 pairs respectively from October.
Yang Runxiong: I believe the industry will return
The Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Yang Runxiong, said that under the “0+3” quarantine arrangement, both the number of people returning to Hong Kong and the number of people arriving in Hong Kong and the market are feeling good, and the number of people arriving in Hong Kong has also increased. The Administration is discussing with the Tourism Board how to promote tourism to Hong Kong, which should be carried out gradually according to the situation. He also pointed out that the return to normal work in Hong Kong is facing challenges, including that there may not be enough manpower to meet the demand after the return to normal, but as the epidemic prevention measures are gradually relaxed, it is believed that manpower will return.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/hk-express adds 80,000 seats-some Christmas flights are full/340634?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral