Check-in counters at Hong Kong International Airport’s Terminal Two will reopen as early as March next year, the Airport Authority has announced.
Airport Authority Chief Executive Officer Vivian Cheung said on Monday that the renovation work for Terminal Two was largely completed and that around a dozen airlines would be moving their check-in counters from Terminal One to Terminal Two starting in March.
They include Hong Kong Express, Hong Kong Airlines, and Greater Bay Airlines, as well as other budget air carriers primarily running short-haul routes to places such as mainland China, Thailand and Japan.
But in the first year, after checking in, passengers will still have to take the train to Terminal One to board their flights. The Terminal Two departure hall is expected to open in 2027.
Terminal Two has been closed since 2019 due to construction work for the airport’s third runway. It previously housed check-in counters mainly for budget airlines.
The newly expanded facility – which cost HK$12.9 billion to build – will open in phases.
First to start operations will be the terminal’s coach hall, with 41 parking spaces for tour buses, cross-border buses, and other vehicles, set for late September.
Hong Kong’s status as an international aviation hub was hit hard during Covid-19, when strict restrictions brought travel to a halt.
Earlier this month, the Airport Authority said passenger traffic marked a “new post-pandemic high” during the Easter holidays. The airport handled 5.19 million passengers, a year-on-year growth of more than 20 per cent, in April, the authority said.
