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Transport
When the Three-Runway System is put into operation in 2024, the airport will have the capacity to handle over 100 million passengers and around nine million tonnes of cargo annually, meeting anticipated air traffic demand up to at least 2030.
Grooming Talent
The Airport Authority's Hong Kong International Aviation Academy trains local and regional air transport management talent. The training ranges from youth programmes to on-the-job training for airport employees to a master's degree programme delivered jointly with the École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile of France, the largest aeronautics and civil aviation college in Europe. In 2019, the academy attained full membership in the Trainair Plus Programme of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The certification recognises the academy's capability to develop International Civil Aviation Organisation-compliant training packages.
Air Services
Under the authorisation of the Central People's Government, the HKSAR Government negotiates and concludes bilateral air services agreements with aviation partners to provide the legal framework for scheduled air services between Hong Kong and other places. There are 67 such agreements. Hong Kong's government also reviews traffic rights and air services. arrangements with its aviation partners to expand the territory's aviation network and allow more competition in the market. In 2019, the government signed an agreed amendment to the Air Services Agreement with Germany, and reviewed or expanded air services arrangements with the Mainland of China, Egypt and Russia. Of the roughly 140 countries along the Belt and Road corridors, Hong Kong has signed air services agreements or international air transit arrangements with around 50 countries. The government will continue to discuss with other countries along the Belt and Road and other aviation partners with a view to initiating new air services agreements and expanding existing arrangements.
In 2019, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited operated direct services to 81 destinations worldwide, while Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited operated direct services to 50 destinations in Asia. AHK Air Hong Kong Limited operated direct all-cargo services to 14 destinations in Asia. Hong Kong Airlines Limited operated direct services to 36 destinations worldwide. Hong Kong Air Cargo Carrier Limited operated direct all-cargo services to 12 destinations worldwide. Hong Kong Express Airways Limited, the only local low-cost carrier, operated direct services to 27 destinations in Asia and the US (Saipan). All the local airlines combined had a fleet of 286 aircraft.
In the light of new scheduled passenger services to Hong Kong launched by non-Hong Kong airlines, Eznis Airways LLC started services from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in June.
As regards all-cargo services launched by non-Hong Kong airlines, Egypt Air started services from Egypt in July.
Air Traffic Management
The Civil Aviation Department's Air Traffic Management System has been consistently providing safe and reliable air traffic control services to flights operating within the Hong Kong Flight Information Region since being fully commissioned in 2016. It recorded a 3.1 per cent rise in the number of aircraft movements handled in 2019 compared with 2018.
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