HONG KONG ASIA

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HONG KONGASIAS WORLD CITY - AND
LEADINGAVIATION HUB
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TOP 6 ASIAN AIRPORTS (PASSENGER) IN 2001 -

• Domestic
• 1. Hong Kong 32.0M -
• 2. Bangkok 30.4M 24
• 3. Singapore 27.9M -
• 4. Narita, Tokyo 25.7M 4
• 5. Beijing 24.4M 76
• 6. Kansai, Osaka 19.7M 40

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Airlines and Destinations at Asian Hub Airports

• Airport Airlines
  Destinations
• Hong Kong 67 142
• Singapore 64 119
• Sydney 43 67
• Tokyo 49 65
• Bangkok 79 111
• (Source OAG, 2001)

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• As I speak for 3 minutes on stage, another 180
  passengers go through HKIA

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TOP 6 AIRPORTS (INTERNATIONAL CARGO) IN 2001

• Hong Kong 2.1M Tonnes
• Seoul 1.8M Tonnes
• Narita 1.7M Tonnes
• Frankfurt 1.6M Tonnes
• New York JFK 1.5M Tonnes
• Paris CDG 1.5M Tonnes

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• Equivalent to 4,000 elephants per day

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Seoul
Beijing
Tokyo
Taipei
Hong Kong
Manila
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Jakarta
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Hong Kong International Airport
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• STRONG HUBS
• Great cities are all based on transport hubs
• Strength of home carriers

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Great Cities of the Past
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Ministers In Charge of Transport Are Most
Important!
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• A Successful Hub Requires a Strong Home
  Airline
• London
• Amsterdam
• Dubai
• Singapore
• Hong Kong

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Contribution of a Home Carrier

• Foreign exchange
• Local employment - high-skilled jobs
• Headquarters investment
• International brand name
• Promote tourism
• Multiplier effect

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Airlines Offering Flights between Hong Kong and
Selected Cities

• HONG KONG
• An open hub

• Destination Direct Flights Connecting Flights
  Flights/Week
• Bangkok 10 1 115
• Taipei 6 - 233
• Singapore 6 3 157
• Tokyo 5 2 92
• London 3 6 75
• (Source OAG, 2001)

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Dominant Asian Hub Carriers

• City Airline of flights
• Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Airlines 68.0
• Seoul Korean Airlines 51.3
• Bangkok Thai Airways 45.1
• Singapore Singapore Airlines 43.0
• Taipei China Airlines 29.0
• Hong Kong Cathay Pacific 25.4

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WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
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• Continue to Enhance our Product, the Network and
  the
• Hub Status of HK

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CHINA

• Huge potential
• International traffic only represents 0.3 of
  population now
• If 3 of population travels, it means 7 of all
  worlds traffic!

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CHINA

• WTO entry
• Hong Kong a major established gateway
• Direct services to 44 cities
• 4.5m mainland visitors to Hong Kong a year
• Growing tourism

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AND

• Importance placed on infrastructure - new
  airport, links to China, tourism projects etc
• Remove restrictions on movement of goods and
  people
• Increasing air services between the Chinese
  mainland and Hong Kong SAR
• China needs several hubs HK already established
• Consolidation around key international gateway
  hubs - similar to patterns elsewhere
• Enhancing HKs competitiveness overall

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BUT THERE ARE MORE CHALLENGES.

• Not a low cost base
• External environment
• Economic downturn
• Increasing competition
• Changing tourism trends

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TO MAINTAIN OUR HUB STATUS

• Government / Industry co-operation
• Policy stability
• Aviation Industry Enhancement
• Continue to invest into the tourism and travel /
  transport related resources
• Develop infrastructure

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HONG KONGS SUCCESS

• Showcase the importance
• of cooperation between
• Industry Government

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Thank you!