(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) The Hong Kong Airport Authority announced on Wednesday (December 20) that Hong Kong International Airport currently handles an average of 960 flights per day, which has returned to the top 80 % of the top 80 % of the crown disease epidemic.

Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily and Ming Daily reported that the Hong Kong Machinery Administration said that the Christmas and New Year holidays in the coming are expected to increase to more than 1,000 flights per day, including about 760 passenger planes, and up to 160,000 passengers in and out in a single day.80 % of the same period before the epidemic.

Yao Zhaocong, executive director of the airport operation of the Hong Kong Machinery Authority, said that it is expected that during the Christmas and New Year holidays, the busiest point in passenger flights is Taipei, with an average of 70 flights per day; followed by Shanghai and Bangkok.Travel.

As for when to restore the level before the epidemic, Yao Zhaocong is estimated to take a long time. The ideal situation is that the end of next year is completely recovered. He emphasized that it is not Hong Kong's "unique problem" and depends on the global economy.

He also pointed out that the increase in capacity of airlines depends on whether aircraft, pilots and air waiters are sufficient, and global airlines currently increase the number of aircraft through various methods.The hand of the ducts has been relieved one after another.For the steady growth of flights, the Machinery Authority is "optimistic".

The Hong Kong Machinery Authority said that in the construction and transportation industry input labor plan, 6,300 foreign workers have been applied in two years.The first stage accounts for 2,800 quotas. It has now hired a thousand people. It is expected that it will arrive in Hong Kong in the next few months.

Hong Kong International Airport passenger traffic has risen steadily this year.The Hong Kong Machinery Authority announced in July this year that the passenger volume of the airport was about 60 % of the level before the epidemic. After several months, it has risen to 80 %.