Airlines
Authorities Green-light Hong Kong Airlines’ Consolidation Plan
Hong Kong Airlines is cutting the frequency of its international routes amid financial woes.
A Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A350 approaches Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Melv_L - MACASR)
A Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A350 approaches Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Melv_L - MACASR)

Hong Kong’s airline licensing body on Monday deemed Hong Kong Airlines’ (HKA) flight consolidation plan “reasonable and necessary” following mounting concerns about the carrier’s financial health and inability to stem heavy losses. According to a spokesperson for the Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA), officials expect the new strategy to improve the airline’s operational situation, which has come under heavy government scrutiny as protests intensify across the city.


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