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Singapore Changi Airport to welcome Hong Kong Airlines
Changi Airport Group will welcome Hong Kong Airlines to its growing network of airlines later this month. Hong Kong Airlines will operate both freighter and passenger services to Singapore from 14 January 2011 and 15 January 2011 respectively. It is the second carrier to operate passenger services to Changi Airport and the first to commence freighter services to Singapore this year.
Hong Kong Airlines will operate a daily passenger service on Airbus A332 aircraft (in a two-class configuration) as well as four-weekly freighter services on Airbus A330-200F aircraft. The freighter service, with a capacity of 64 tonnes, will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. With the addition of Hong Kong Airlines, the Singapore and Hong Kong route will be served by some 270 passenger flights and 50 freighter flights each week.
In the first 11 months of 2010, passenger traffic between Singapore and Hong Kong rose more than 24% to 2.55 million, compared with the year before. During the same period, cargo throughput on the same route rose 16%, with some 157,000 tonnes moved. Hong Kong is one of Changi’s top five routes for both passenger and cargo traffic.
With the addition of Hong Kong Airlines, Changi Airport now serves 102 airlines operating more than 5,200 weekly scheduled flights connecting Singapore to over 200 cities in 60 countries and territories.
Flight Number / Route / STD / STA / Aircraft Type / Days of Ops
HX751 (passenger) / HKG – SIN / 1150hr / 1535hr / A332 / Daily
HX752 (passenger) / SIN - HKG / 1640hr / 2015hr / A332 / Daily
HX9701 (freighter) / HKG – SIN / 0800hr / 1145hr / A332F / Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
HX9702 (freighter) / SIN - HKG / 1315hr / 1700hr / A332F / Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
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About Changi Airport Group
Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd (CAG) (www.changiairportgroup.com) was formed on 16 June 2009 and the corporatisation of Singapore Changi Airport followed on 1 July 2009. As the company managing Changi Airport, CAG undertakes key functions focusing on airport operations and management, air hub development, commercial activities and airport emergency services. Through its subsidiary Changi Airports International, the Group invests in and manages foreign airports to spread the success of Changi Airport internationally.
Changi Airport (www.changiairport.com) is the world’s most awarded airport having garnered more than 360 accolades since it opened in 1981. It is also one of the world’s busiest airports for international traffic, managing more than 42 million passenger movements in 2010, an annual record. The airport, which has four terminals, serves some 100 airlines flying to over 200 cities in about 60 countries and territories worldwide. A flight takes off or lands at Changi roughly once every two minutes.
