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Hong Kong to lift UK flight ban next month

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James Chapple
21 March 2022

Hong Kong will lift its long-standing flight ban for services from nine countries, including the UK, next month and plans to start easing its stringent Covid measures.

Cathay Pacific said it would be offering an additional 30,000-plus Heathrow seats during November and December

Chief executive of the Chinese ruled territory, Carrie Lam, announced the changes on Monday (21 March), which will see quarantined reduced for overseas arrivals.


From 1 April, Hong Kong’s ban on flights from Australia, Canada, France, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United States will end, Reuters reports.


Hotel quarantine, meanwhile, will be cut from 14 days to seven if arrivals test negative, while social distancing measures will be relaxed from 21 April.