Prognosis
Hong Kong Is Increasingly Shut Off as Inbound Flights Drop
- Flight bans and cuts to schedules are isolating the Asian hub
- Hong Kong is conforming to China’s Covid-Zero strategy
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Hong Kong is becoming increasingly shut off from the outside world because of its strict Covid-19 policies as the city imposes a raft of flight bans and airlines slash inbound services.
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. has almost halved the number of flights into Hong Kong from outside China next month, according to aviation data company Cirium, in the wake of tougher quarantine restrictions on flight crew. The city’s marquee carrier has scheduled just 150 inbound services in January, the lowest monthly total since May. Before the pandemic, the figure was close to 4,000.