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[New Crown Pneumonia] Yang Xiaohua: It is difficult for different Wuhan governments to send charter planes to receive stranded Hong Kong residents

2020-03-29T14:21:42.592Z


A new type of coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) has spread worldwide, and the Chinese Embassy in Peru confirmed that a Hong Kong tourist died of a heart attack in Peru due to new coronary pneumonia. Affected by the epidemic, Peru declared a state of emergency earlier and closed its borders. Hong Kong people are still stranded there. Yang Xiaohua, a former member of the Legislative Council tourism industry and a former general manager of Cathay Pacific ’s tourism and Hong Kong affairs, said that the current situation in Peru is different from that in Wuhan earlier. Except for issues related to air navigation rights and diplomacy, Peru and Hong Kong are far away. Direct flights can fly to the local area. It will be more difficult to pick up stranded local Hong Kong residents and return to Hong Kong.


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Written by: Peng Yiwei

2020-03-29 22:15

Last updated: 2020-03-29 22:15

A new type of coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) has spread worldwide, and the Chinese Embassy in Peru confirmed that a Hong Kong tourist died of a heart attack in Peru due to new coronary pneumonia. Affected by the epidemic, Peru declared a state of emergency earlier and closed its borders. Hong Kong people are still stranded there.

Yang Xiaohua, a former member of the Legislative Council tourism industry and a former general manager of Cathay Pacific ’s tourism and Hong Kong affairs, said that the current situation in Peru is different from that in Wuhan earlier. Except for issues related to air navigation rights and diplomacy, Peru and Hong Kong are far away. Direct flights can fly to the local area. It will be more difficult to pick up stranded local Hong Kong residents and return to Hong Kong.

Peru declared a state of emergency on March 15 and closed all borders in the country. (Reuters)

Yang: Cathay Pacific does not have enough volume to fly directly to Peru

When answering the inquiry, Yang Xiaohua said that if the Hong Kong government wants to send a plane to pick up the stranded Peruvian people, there are many problems involved, including the closure of Peru's local airport, diplomacy, and air traffic rights. Besides, Peru is located in South America, which is very far from Hong Kong. There is no direct flight in Hong Kong to reach the local area. Generally, it is necessary to transfer in Europe or the United States first, so the difficulty is relatively more difficult.

Yang assessed that flying from Hong Kong to Peru would cost at least hundreds of thousands even if only fuel costs were calculated. At present, Cathay Pacific does not have a passenger aircraft of sufficient size to fly directly to Peru. If the government intends to send charter flights to Peru to take the stranded local Hong Kong residents back to Hong Kong , Need to contact other airlines to arrange passenger flights through Cathay Pacific.

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Source: hk1

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