Covid: Hong Kong asks Air India to suspend flights for 2 weeks
NEW DELHI: Hong Kong has again asked Air India not to operate flights there for two weeks starting Sunday (September 20). Like the first suspension last month, this time also the reason is significant number of passengers from India testing positive on arrival in Hong Kong.
“Hong Kong civil aviation authority has advised AI not to operate for two weeks from till October 3. Only one flight was scheduled to operate in this period — Delhi-Hong Kong on Monday (September 21) which has been cancelled and passengers informed,” said a senior AI official.
Last month also Hong Kong had barred Air India flights for two weeks after 11 passengers who flew in there from Delhi on August 14 had tested positive on arrival. Cathay Pacific is not operating to India during the pandemic.
Chinese media reports Hong Kong has temporarily suspended Cathay Dragon (Cathay’s regional arm) flights on Kuala Lumpur route. Five people flew AI Express to Malaysia and then took a connecting flight to Hong Kong, where they tested positive on arrival, according to those reports.
