Hong Kong's airport reopens on Tuesday after unprecedented closure

[webfact]

Hong Kong's airport reopens on Tuesday after unprecedented closure

 

Passengers queue at check-in counters as the airport reopened a day after flights were halted due to a protest, at Hong Kong International Airport, China August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's airport reopened on Tuesday but its administrator warned that flight movements would still be affected, after China said widespread anti-government protests that halted flights a day earlier showed "sprouts of terrorism".

 

The notice was published on the Hong Kong International Airport's official mobile app at 6 a.m. (2200 GMT Monday). The airport, one of the world's busiest, blamed demonstrators for halting flights on Monday.

 

"Hong Kong International Airport will implement flight rescheduling today with flight movements expected to be affected," the notice said.

 

The exact trigger for the airport's closure was not clear because protesters occupying the arrivals hall for the past five days have been peaceful. Most had left shortly after midnight, with about 50 protesters still there on Tuesday morning.

 

A Reuters reporter saw more than 100 travellers queuing up at Cathay Pacific's <0293.HK> ticketing counter early on Tuesday.

 

(Reporting by Brenda Goh and Felix Tam; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-08-13

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[yellowboat]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

"sprouts of terrorism"

To end this, put that disgusting law and Carrie Lams future as governer to a universal vote.  The T word is a bit of an exaggeration. 

[DoctorG]

The PLA were busy parading their military vehicles around the streets. Escalation is certainly possible.

[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Hong Kong's airport reopens on Tuesday after unprecedented closure

The good news is that the next time it's shutdown, it won't be unprecedented.

I give it less than a month before it's shutdown again.

[Scott]

Troll posts removed.

 

[Cryingdick]

Didn't look open today.

[Basil B]

5 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

Didn't look open today.

 

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Flight check-in has been suspended at Hong Kong International Airport for a second consecutive day because of anti-government protests.

The airport, which is one of the world's busiest, has been the site of daily protests since Friday.

Videos on social media showed passengers struggling to get through demonstrators, who were sitting inside and blocking departures.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-49330848

[webfact]

UPDATE:

 

Clashes at Hong Kong airport after flights halted

By Tom Westbrook and Clare Jim

 

Riot police use pepper spray to disperse anti-extradition bill protesters during a mass demonstration after a woman was shot in the eye, at the Hong Kong international airport, in Hong Kong China August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police and protesters clashed at Hong Kong's international airport on Tuesday after flights were disrupted for a second day as the political crisis in the former British colony deepened.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1117607-clashes-at hong kong airport-after-flights-halted/

[gunderhill]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

sprouts of terrorism

yeah  why  not  just  get  tanks  and  drive  over  them  you " insert  any  expletive  the  more  vile  the  better"

[tonbridgebrit]

If you're doing a demonstration on a road, and you're blocking traffic, well, that's not good.

But if people are doing a demonstration at an airport, they're bringing an airport to a halt, well, that's clearly wrong, surely ?

Beijing should give orders to send in riot police, and remove these people. The only reason why Beijing has not yet sent in riot police to do this, is because it looks bad on the world's media. But those tourists and other travellers who are stuck in Hong Kong because of this, or flights being cancelled, who are they angry with ?

I really do reckon that most tourists and travellers do reckon "why is it that these kids have got to do their demonstration when I am flying, why couldn't they do it AFTER I've left Hong Kong".  In other words, the anger is directed at the demonstrators, and I think, rightly so.

[webfact]

UPDATE:

 

Hong Kong airport resumes flights after clashes, mass protests

By Tom Westbrook

 

Anti-Extradition bill protesters distribute leaflets to passengers during a mass demonstration at the Hong Kong international airport, in Hong Kong, China, August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's airport resumed operations on Wednesday, rescheduling hundreds of flights that had been disrupted over the past two days as protesters clashed with riot police in a deepening crisis in the Chinese-controlled city.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1117607-clashes-at hong kong airport-after-flights-halted/?do=findComment&comment=14461598

[tonbridgebrit]

Thanks for the above post. So, the airport will be open and normal, on Wednesday ? 
I'm not sure about that. This is because, on Tuesday, the media said that the airport was okay, and then later on, they was saying that flights were being cancelled or postponed.

So, we're not really sure as to what's happening. Let's put it this way. It's Wednesday morning, who wants to book and pay for a flight, that involves getting into Hong Kong Airport, on Friday ? Surely, nobody ?

And for those people who are in Thailand, and if they're finishing their holiday in Thailand, and flying home to Britain on Wednesday or Thursday. If their flight is with Cathay Pacific, they will go to Hong Kong first surely, and then change to go to Britain. Surely, these people are worried that their flight home to Britain might get disrupted ?

[skytrooper70]

The PLA are not on the streets of HK and not parading military vehicles, there. However, they are across the border, in Shenzhen, which is only a 30 minutes drive, into Central, HK.

[skytrooper70]

22 hours ago, DoctorG said:

The PLA were busy parading their military vehicles around the streets. Escalation is certainly possible.

The PLA were not parading their military vehicles around HK's streets. However, they were lining up armored cars, just across the border, in Shenzhen, which is only a 30 minutes drive, into Central HK.