Hong Kong Has Fallen Off Map as Aviation Hub, Airline Group Says


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(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong has ceased to function as an international aviation hub as it curbs inbound flights and quarantines arriving passengers, according to a trade group representing hundreds of airlines worldwide. Even the city’s shortened isolation requirements for arriving passengers -- quarantine was halved to one week this month -- will deter travelers, Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association, said Wednesday. Hong Kong has effectively fallen off the map as a global transit center, he said. Hong Kong is still banning flights even after rolling back some of the world’s strictest inbound travel curbs. There’s...