Friday, February 18, 2011

Chep Lap Kok Needs to Stay Competitive.

HKIA needs to cooperate in order to stay competitive.  
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the key aviation hubs in Asia and because of China's rapid growth, the number of passengers and cargo coming in and out of the airport is increasing. For many years, HKIA has been at the top of the charts, but to keep in line with the growth of the Pearl River Delta, the Airport Authority needs to take action. We should not see the expansion and growth in the Pearl River Delta as competition, we should take this opportunity cooperate with these airports and create a integrated transport network. The Pearl River Delta is a very tight airspace with many international airports in such a small amount of space. We should set up integrated control centers to handle the increasing amounts of traffic. The plan for the express train for transit passengers between Hong Kong and Shenzhen airports should be sped up and be built as soon as possible. Each Airport should constantly continue improving infrastructure. Hong Kong Airport should be the main airport should be the Hub for international arriving passengers, then Shenzhen and Guangzhou should be the hubs for domestic and budget flights around China. The bottom line is, the airports of the Pearl River Delta need to work together.