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Hong Kong has lost aviation hub status, airline body head says

International Air Transport Association director general Willie Walsh says Hong Kong has lost its status an aviation hub [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters]

Hong Kong has lost its position as a global aviation hub due to China’s ultra-strict “dynamic zero COVID” policy, the head of the global airline industry’s trade association has said.

Speaking at an aviation conference in Qatar on Wednesday, International Air Transport Association (IATA) Director General Willie Walsh said China’s pandemic restrictions had “devastated” the international financial centre and hammered flagship carrier Cathay Pacific.

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