Transport and Housing Bureau: Arrangements have been made for Dragonair rights Cathay Pacific reportedly regained air rights on all 46 routes

Cathay Pacific announced a large-scale restructuring plan in October 2020, including the suspension of its Dragonair operations, and the need to return the air rights of 46 Dragonair routes to the government.

A recent report quoted sources as saying that Hong Kong Airlines had applied for some routes originally operated by Dragonair, but it was unsuccessful.

Since the five airlines invited by the authorities to apply for Dragonair rights are all under the banner of Cathay Pacific or Hong Kong Airlines, it is expected that Cathay Pacific will regain all the original air rights of Dragonair.

The Transport and Housing Bureau stated that it has made arrangements for the allocation of relevant air rights after considering factors such as encouraging healthy competition and maintaining Hong Kong's status as an international aviation hub, but declined to disclose the details of the allocation.

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The Transportation and Housing Bureau stated that after Cathay Dragon was completely grounded in October 2020, it has returned all the traffic rights to the SAR government, and the authorities have invited local airlines to submit applications for the relevant traffic rights according to the established mechanism.

In December 2020, the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, once pointed out that he had written to three Hong Kong passenger airlines, Cathay Pacific, Express, and Hong Kong Airlines, as well as two cargo airlines, Hong Kong Cargo Airlines and China Civil Aviation, inviting applications for Dragonair flights. right.

The THB also stated that the first principle of air rights allocation is that public resources can be fully utilized to consolidate or enhance the competitiveness of Hong Kong's aviation industry and meet future needs.

According to the established guidelines, the Bureau of Transportation and Housing has considered a series of factors and has made arrangements for the allocation of relevant traffic rights.

However, the authorities said that the specific circumstances of the air rights and their allocation cannot be disclosed to third parties because of the confidential content and commercially sensitive information between the government and the government.

Cathay Pacific did not comment on the incident but said the allocation of air rights was arranged by the government

Some media quoted sources pointing out that due to the failure of Hong Kong Airlines to apply for Dragonair rights, the five local airlines are actually Cathay Pacific or Hong Kong Airlines. All of Hong Kong Dragon's navigation rights have been retaken.

Cathay Pacific replied that the allocation of air rights was arranged by the government, and the reporter asked the government authorities for the relevant details.

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