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Normally, the Hong Kong International Airport should be the very first place you visit when you come to Hong Kong.

Located at Chek Lap Kok (thus colloquially also known as Chek Lap Kok Airport) in Lantau Island, Hong Kong International Airport comes into service in 1998 to replace the Kai Tak Airport. Though with a short history of just about ten years, it has already won seven Skytrax World Airport Awards and a lot of other awards.

Years ago, the now obsolete Kai Tak Airport has also once been one of the busiest airport in the world. Located in the Kowloon City in Hong Kong, it was too close to the residential area for an airport and the noise pollution was a big problem. You can see at the following genuine picture below how the people living in Kowloon City were ”interacted” with the flights.

Now the airport has moved to the remote Chek Lap Kok, Lantau Island, and without the problem of noise control, the airport can operate on a round-the-clock basis with its multiple runway.

HKIA is now one of the busiest airport in the world. In 2006, this airport handled 44 million paasengers and 3.6 million tonnes of cargo. It is the primary hub for Cathay Pacific, Dragonair, Hong Kong Express Airways, Hong Kong Airlines and Air Hong Kong. It is also now a leading airport in Asia.

Though built at a remote area, HKIA is connect to the city by the Airport Express railway and the MTR network. You can go to whichever sightseeing in Hong Kong very conveniently.

For more details, you may visit HKIA’s official website.

In fact, the local television station TVB has produced a TV series about the operation and service of an airport, and the service on filghts in 2003, using HKIA as one of the major shooting backgrounds. Starring Francis Ng, Flora Chan, Joe Ma and some other Hong Kong artistes, this TV drama ”Triumph in the Skies” was very popular at that time.

This is the opening theme song of the series, performed by a dominant singer in Hong Kong - Eason Chan.

Author: Alan Siu, Hong Kong