TRANSPORT
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (HDA) commenced scheduled services to Dhaka and Kathmandu in February. The airline continued to operate scheduled services to Phuket, Utapao and Kagoshima and non-scheduled passenger services to a number of cities in Asia. In May the company acquired its fourth B737.
Air Hong Kong (AHK) acquired a second B707 freighter and continued to operate non-scheduled cargo services between Hong Kong and a number of destinations, includ- ing Bangkok, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney. In November, the airline commenced a scheduled all-cargo service to Manchester.
The Hong Kong/Brunei Air Services Agreement, the fourth in a series of air services agreements which Hong Kong aims to conclude in the coming years, was signed in Hong Kong on January 9, and entered into force.
Subsidiary legislation was made under the Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) Ordinance for the control of noise emitted by aircraft engines and aircraft movements at night. The new legislation came into force in November.
In 1989, the Air Transport Licensing Authority granted a total of 10 licences to Hong Kong airlines: four to Cathay Pacific Airways, two to Hong Kong Dragon Airlines and four to Air Hong Kong. Together with those granted in previous years, this meant that, at December 31, Cathay Pacific Airways held licences to operate scheduled services to 57 cities in 29 countries, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines was licensed to serve 48 cities in eight countries and Air Hong Kong was licensed to operate scheduled all-cargo services to 15 cities in 11 countries.
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