Pc Breakdown at Hong Kong Airport Delays Tons of of Travellers – Media

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tons of of travellers at Hong Kong’s worldwide airport confronted delays on Thursday after laptop companies broke down, broadcaster TVB reported, with footage displaying scores of individuals caught in queues with their baggage.

The Airport Authority mentioned it was making ready a press release on the incident however couldn’t instantly confirm particulars. Registration for check-in at a number of rows within the metropolis’s usually environment friendly airport had been shut as a result of outage, TVB mentioned.

Cathay Pacific Airways, town’s flagship service, was one of the crucial affected, the South China Morning Publish reported. Cathay didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

Hong Kong’s airport was one of many busiest worldwide hubs earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, with greater than 71 million passengers in 2019. 

The town authorities has unveiled a promotional marketing campaign dubbed “Good day Hong Kong” starting in March to lure travellers and enterprise folks again to the particular Chinese language administrative area after a dearth of tourists prior to now three years due to COVID restrictions.

(Reporting by Farah Grasp, Jessie Pang and Donny Kwok; Enhancing by Robert Birsel)

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