Milestone year for Hong Kong International Airport

Airport World
Joe Bates
31 July 2026

Even by its own high standards, it’s been a busy and successful year to date for Hong Kong International Airport, which has seen it open new infrastructure, record close to a 13% upturn in passengers and build on its commitment to becoming the world’s greenest airport.

The May opening of its expanded and technology smart Terminal 2, which now covers a colossal 3.2 million-square-feet, has effectively raised the airport’s capacity to around 100 million passengers per annum.

And things are expected to get even better late next year when the airport opens its new T2 Concourse (T2C), which will allow the terminal to handle both arriving and departing passengers, and most importantly mean that departing travellers no longer need to take an Automated People Mover to Terminal 1 to board flights...

Milestone year for Hong Kong International Airport – Airport World - 31 July 2026