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Direct HK to Jeju flights cancelled amid Covid row

Jan 12, 2023 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck  


Direct HK to Jeju flights cancelled amid Covid row

Air travel via Hong Kong to the South Korean casino destinations of Jeju Island and Busan is being disrupted by the latter nation’s precautionary steps following the discontinuing of China’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy, the South Korean government has clarified.

It has emerged that those aboard flights from either Macau or Hong Kong to South Korea are – like people travelling via the Chinese mainland – being screened for Covid-19 infection.

In order to do such checks, direct air services from either Macau or Hong Kong are – since Tuesday (January 10) and until February 28 – only permitted to route via Incheon International Airport.

Hong Kong news outlet Ming Pao reported on Tuesday that Hong Kong Express Airways Ltd had been forced to cancel an aggregate of 39 fully-booked direct flights to either Jeju or Busan – the latter a southern port city with two casinos – between Wednesday (January 11) and February 28.

Hong Kong Express was described by the news outlet as the only carrier offering direct scheduled flights between Hong Kong International Airport and Jeju International Airport (pictured in a file photo).

Jeju Air Co Ltd, trading as Jeju Air, is also listed on Jeju International Airport’s website as providing direct Jeju to Hong Kong flights and back, but only with effect from February 1 this year through to March 26.

According to information collated by GGRAsia’s South Korea correspondent, Jeju local news outlets reported the restrictions on current direct flights from Hong Kong were “totally unexpected”. Jeju is host to eight foreigner-only casino properties.

Air passengers originating from either Macau or Hong Kong that wish to transit to other regional locations in South Korea – including Jeju Island and Busan – must either use Seoul’s second air hub, Gimpo International Airport, as the air transit point; or use maritime or land transport after clearing immigration at Incheon International Airport.

The ban on use of domestic transit flights from Incheon International Airport either to Busan or Jeju was mentioned in a notice from the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong government said in a Tuesday statement it was disappointed about South Korea’s steps, which it described as “unreasonable”, and strongly urged the South Korean government to cancel them.


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