Hong Kong, April 17 -- Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has posted a 91% decline in passenger numbers for March as airlines slashed services and governments tightened travel restrictions in response to COVID-19.
In figures mirrored by scores of airports worldwide, Airport Authority Hong Kong [AA] said this week there were 576,000 passengers processed at the Chek Lap Kok Airport in March compared with 6.42 million in the prior corresponding period.
Passenger flight movements dropped 82.1%, to 5,550, in the month.
"The whole airport community is encountering unprecedented hardship amid the COVID-19 pandemic," AA executive director for airport operations, Vivian Cheung, said in a statement.
"In addition to assisting in the implementa...