Filipino maid’s air ticket to Hong Kong Cathay Pacific alone sells for more than 3,000 yuan, twice as expensive as the hotel employer has booked

The government relaxed the entry of foreign domestic helpers to Hong Kong last month. However, four Filipino domestic helpers were diagnosed after arriving in Hong Kong yesterday (4th) and one passenger failed to meet the specified conditions. As a result, Cebu Pacific Air Manila was banned from flying on the 14th , Together with Philippine Airlines’ ban on flights earlier, until September 11, only Cathay Pacific’s "single city" was left in Manila. The ticket price rose to US$422.4 (about 3,283 Hong Kong dollars), and it was not until September 17 Fall back.

Zhang Jiemin, chairman of the Hong Kong Employment Agents Association, said that the price of air tickets is twice as expensive as in the past. Employers who have booked quarantine hotels must eat hard, otherwise hotel room rates and inspection fees will be lost.

He pointed out that he was afraid that Cathay Pacific's flights would also be interrupted, so that all Filipino maids would have no flights to arrive in Hong Kong.

The foreign domestic helpers arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines. Only Cathay Pacific is the only one left, and Philippine Airlines will re-fly after September 11th at the earliest.

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Currently arriving in Hong Kong from Manila, the Philippines, only Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific Airlines, and Cathay Pacific FR, except for Cathay Pacific, the other two are banned from flying under the fusing mechanism. The ban will not be lifted until September 11th and 16th. .

Cathay Pacific’s "Mono City" one-way air ticket from Manila to Hong Kong soared to US$422.4 (about 3,283 Hong Kong dollars), and will not fall back to US$279.4 (about 2156 Hong Kong dollars) until September 17.

Zhang Jiemin pointed out that at present, most employers wait for the government to open the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center for quarantine to foreign domestic helpers before hiring foreign domestic helpers to come to Hong Kong. Expensive air tickets.

He pointed out that in the past, Cebu Pacific Air's fare was about 1,000 yuan, which is twice as expensive now. However, if the arrival in Hong Kong is cancelled, it will cost nearly 17,000 yuan in house prices and inspection fees. The biggest worry now is that Cathay Pacific flights will be banned.

He continued that under the condition that the foreign domestic helper wants to stay in the designated quarantine hotel, the room price is already 5,000 to 6,000 yuan more expensive. Together with the air ticket, an additional 2,000 yuan is added, which can be nearly 10,000 yuan more expensive than normal.

He continued that after the opening of the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center, foreign domestic helpers will increase in Hong Kong. Together with the uncertainty of the circuit breaker mechanism, it is expected that the price of air tickets will rise and fall sharply in the future.

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