
Cathay Pacific makes Hong Kong one of Asia’s most important passenger and cargo hubs.
6 airlines
Scheduled airlines with a hub and connecting flights – usually on short-, medium- and long-haul routes.
Cathay Pacific
CX / CPA
Hong Kong’s flag carrier: hub at Chek Lap Kok, founding member of oneworld, long-haul with the A350 and Boeing 777 – and with Cathay Cargo one of the world’s big 747 freighter fleets.
Hong Kong Airlines
HX / CRK
Hong Kong’s second big network airline after Cathay Pacific: an all-Airbus fleet of A320s, A321s and A330-300s, a short A350 era and a company logo showing the city’s Bauhinia flower.
Cheap point-to-point flights, often with a single-type fleet, many bases and short turnaround times.
Greater Bay Airlines
HB / HGB
Hong Kong’s youngest passenger airline: operating since 2022, a small Boeing 737 fleet of used 737-800s and new 737-9s, and a network to mainland China, Japan and Southeast Asia.
HK Express
UO / HKE
The low-cost airline from Hong Kong: part of the Cathay Group since 2019, an all-Airbus A320-family fleet with many A320neos and A321neos and a network focused on Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
All-cargo airlines, cargo subsidiaries and express services with their own freighters.
Air Hong Kong
LD / AHK
The Hong Kong cargo airline belongs to the Cathay Group and flies DHL’s overnight express network in Asia with Airbus A330 freighters – occasionally as far as Leipzig.
Hong Kong Air Cargo
RH / HKC
The cargo airline from the Hong Kong Airlines family has flown on its own since 2017 with Airbus A330 freighters out of Chek Lap Kok – to Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East and as far as Europe.
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