Hong Kong Airfares Skyrocket With Hotel Quarantine Ending
- Chief Executive Lee announced end of quarantine regime Friday
- Airfares surge after Hong Kong’s lengthy stretch of isolation
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Travelers looking to leave Hong Kong after two-and-a-half years of Covid isolation face the prospect of paying sky-high airfares after the government said it will scrap hotel quarantine on Sept. 26.
Weeks after Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., bruised by the city’s strict pandemic strategy, pleaded publicly for a roadmap to exit Covid, the Asian financial hub’s about-turn on hotel quarantine is set to leave airlines rushing to fill a yawning gap in reduced flight schedules.