Hong Kong airport reopens after protests, but hundreds more flights cancelled

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HONG KONG: Flights resumed at Hong Kong airport a day after a massive pro-democracy rally there forced the shutdown of the busy international ...

Early on Tuesday , passengers with luggage were being checked in at the departures hall and information boards showed several flights were already boarding or about to depart.Despite the reopening, Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific said it had cancelled more than 200 flights to and out of the airport on Tuesday, according to its website.

Cathay Pacific advised passengers to"postpone non-essential travel". The airline, which has come under pressure from Beijing, also warned its own staff that they could be fired for supporting"illegal protests".A Singapore Airlines flight was diverted to Guangzhou due to the airport shutdown. "Last night was chaotic," said Kate Flannery from Australia, who was travelling to Paris."The airport authority didn't deal with the situation. I felt like I was walking around and nobody gave us information."

Passengers and demonstrators rest in the arrival hall after flights were cancelled due to the anti-extradition bill protest at Hong Kong Airport, China August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato Protesters wear eyepatch during a protest at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International Airport. Over the weekend police fired tear gas into subway stations and crowded shopping streets in confrontations with protesters at nearly a dozen locations across the city.

 

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