Hong Kong Airlines will launch its first thrice-weekly service to Australia starting 08 January 2016. The new service is a triangular service starting from Hong Kong to Gold Coast, and continuing to Cairns en-route back to Hong Kong. Services will be operated by A330 aircraft with 292 seats including 32 business class seats, operating on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Australia has seen a steady rise of Hong Kong travellers visiting Australia in the past six years. According to data from Tourism and Events Queensland, vacation travellers made up 72.5 per cent of Hong Kong visitors to Queensland in 2014. Total visitor count from Hong Kong to Queensland also increased by 15 per cent year-on-year in the same period.
Hong Kong Airlines will launch its first thrice-weekly service to Australia starting 08 January 2016. The new service is a triangular service starting from Hong Kong to Gold Coast, and continuing to Cairns en-route back to Hong Kong. Services will be operated by A330 aircraft with 292 seats including 32 business class seats, operating on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Australia has seen a steady rise of Hong Kong travellers visiting Australia in the past six years. According to data from Tourism and Events Queensland, vacation travellers made up 72.5 per cent of Hong Kong visitors to Queensland in 2014. Total visitor count from Hong Kong to Queensland also increased by 15 per cent year-on-year in the same period.
