Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines to serve 3 more destinations in Japan

Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines will add three new destinations in Japan in the final quarter of this year, the company’s new head has said, while the future of the much-awaited services to Beijing and Shanghai remains uncertain. The airline would start flying to Yonago in the western region of Tottori prefecture on October 27, with flights operating every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, chief executive officer Liza Ng Shiow-lan said on Thursday. “In the coming months, we plan to introduce some new destinations to the Hong Kong market as well as the Japanese one. We hope it will encourage travellers to take the opportunity to visit Hong Kong, contributing a little to the travel industry,” Ng said. “There has been a significant decrease in the number of Japanese tourists visiting Hong Kong, so we hope that by showcasing these new destinations, travellers from Japan will be attracted after seeing direct flights to Hong Kong.”<br/>Services will also be extended to Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku island with three weekly chartered flights and to Sendai in Miyagi prefecture with four, starting on November 16 and December 7 respectively. But the carrier’s applications to operate flights to Beijing and Shanghai, made more than a year ago, were still awaiting approval. “We have not been offered time slots for flights to Beijing and Shanghai yet, but we will continue to strive for them while expanding our networks,” Ng said, adding the company planned to operate flights to Zhoushan in Zhejiang province in mainland China in early November. <br/>