Hong Kong airport’s third runway opens for take-off and landing drills amid increase in passenger traffic


The third runway at Hong Kong’s airport has opened for take-off and landing drills for planes, amid an increase in passenger traffic with overall volumes still below pre-pandemic levels.

A Government Flying Service plane on Friday became the first aircraft to land on the new airstrip at 8.24am as part of Hong Kong International Airport’s “operation familiarisation” – a series of drills to allow local and overseas members of the aviation community to become familiar with the tarmac, called North Runway.

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