TRANSPORT
Airline
Aircraft type
Number in service
CPA
A330-300
12
A340-300
14
B747-200 freighters
4
B747-300
1
B747-400
19
B747-400 freighters
2
B777-200
4
B777-300
7
Total
63
Dragonair
A320-200
5
A321-200
2
A330-300
5
Total
12
AHK
3
274
B747-200 freighters
The year saw the resumption of scheduled passenger services to Hong Kong by Royal Air Cambodge in March and of scheduled all-cargo services by Atlas Air in August. The scheduled all-cargo services by Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines and the scheduled passenger services by Lauda Air to Hong Kong were suspended in March and November respectively, and the round-the-world services of United Airlines. stopped serving Hong Kong in April. Scandinavian Airlines System suspended its scheduled passenger services to Hong Kong in March but introduced scheduled all-cargo services to Hong Kong in the same month. As a result of these changes, the number of scheduled airlines serving Hong Kong remained at 62. At the end of 1999, these airlines together operated about 1 500 direct round-trip scheduled services weekly between Hong Kong and over 100 other cities. In addition, an average of about 200 non-scheduled services operated to and from Hong Kong each week.
Air Traffic Control
Air traffic control (ATC) at the HKIA has been operating smoothly since its commissioning in mid-1998. To ensure safe provision of ATC service, a Backup Air Traffic Control Centre/Tower has been built at the HKIA. Installation and
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