SINGAPORE - Scores of airlines wrote jointly to the Hong Kong government earlier this month to seek airport fee waivers as they struggle to deal with the financial fallout from anti-government protests that have led to a sharp drop in traveler demand.
“Already we have seen a double-digit drop in passengers in August compared to last year and we expect this to worsen in the remaining months of the year,” BAR Chairman Ronald Lam, a senior executive at Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd , said in the letter dated Sept. 16, which was first reported by the South China Morning Post on Monday.
Cathay, the biggest corporate casualty of the sometimes violent protests, this month said it would cut capacity for the upcoming winter season after reporting a 11.3% fall in passenger numbers in August due to falling demand.
Did they ask Hong Kong to RAISE airport fees as demand increased over the past 2 decades? 🧐
hk_nick Thanks to HK police destroyed Hong Kong and hit the ppl with triad, I have never imagined my home HongKong became a police state. They worked together to decrease the amount of tourist. StandWithHongKong SOSHK
Great news and how about FreeHK
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