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The recently announced Chinese mainland--Hong Kong Air Services Arrangement has been welcomed by the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA).
The AA said in a press release on Monday that the new arrangement would further strengthen With another 11 Chinese mainland cities having direct flights to Hong Kong, there are now 56 mainland cities with direct flights to the region, explained the General Administration of Civil Aviation (GACA) of The GACA and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government had established the new air service, announced the administration. David Pang, chief executive officer of the Airport Authority said, "This arrangement will further promote people and cargo flows through He said the successful conclusion of the last arrangement for air traffic between Furthermore, Pang expressed gratitude to the government for the newly concluded air services agreement with "We’ll continue to encourage more airlines to operate more flights to more destinations from HKIA thus providing greater variety and choice in product, service and price to the general public and business travelers,” said Pang. "Increased air traffic will generate enormous business opportunities and economic value to the whole community,” he said. “These new arrangements will further enhance HKIA's international aviation hub status." In a related development Cathay Pacific Airways also welcomed the new Air Services Arrangement on Monday. "We appreciate the tremendous efforts made by the mainland and The airline has applied to the HKSAR government requesting an allocation of rights to re-launch passenger flights to Dragon Air also expressed its welcome for the new arrangement saying it would bring fresh opportunities for (Xinhua News Agency July 4, 2006) |
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