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AHK continued to operate regional scheduled all-cargo services. By the end of the year, AHK operated scheduled services to 11 destinations in Asia with its fleet of 11 freighters.

Hong Kong Express Airways (HKE) continued to operate regional scheduled services. By the end of the year, HKE operated scheduled services to 10 destinations in the Mainland, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia with its fleet of five aircraft.

CRK received two Airbus A330-300 aircraft during the year. By the end of the year, CRK operated scheduled services to 15 destinations in the Mainland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia and Southeast Asia with its fleet of 14 aircraft.

Fourteen non-Hong Kong airlines commenced or resumed scheduled services to Hong Kong in 2011, 10 operating passenger services and four operating all-cargo services. For passenger services, Southeast Asian Airlines started services from Clark in March, Mega Global Air Services launched services from Male and Gan Island in April. Air Busan commenced services from Busan in May. MIAT Mongolian Airlines. commenced services from Ulaanbaatar in June. In July, Tianjin Airlines started services. from Tianjin and Airphil Express started services from Cebu. In October, Vladivostok Air launched services from Vladivostok and Jin Air launched services from Seoul. In November, Siberia Airlines started services from Vladivostok and Aviastar Mandiri started services from Denpasar.

For all-cargo services, Nordic Global Airlines started services from Helsinki in August. In October, K-Mile Air launched services from Bangkok to Hong Kong via Ho Chi Minh City and Silk Way Airlines started services from Baku. Air China Cargo resumed its services from Shanghai in March.

For domestic helicopter services, commercial helicopters share the use of the Wan Chai Temporary Helipad with the Government Flying Service. This temporary arrangement will continue until the commissioning of the permanent Government helipad near the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, takes place in 2012 as planned.

Air Traffic Management

The Air Traffic Management (ATM) system continued to operate during the year. It handled 335 232 movements at the HKIA and 184 842 over-flights, including traffic to and from Macao, representing an increase of 8.8 per cent and 14.5 per cent respectively over 2010. Average daily flight movements at the HKIA in the fourth quarter (October-December) were 935.

The Civil Aviation Department (CAD) increased the runway capacity from 60 to 62 flight movements per hour during the year through enhancement of the airspace and flight procedures design. CAD will continue to monitor closely the air traffic demand and review the runway capacity regularly, ensuring that timely measures are in place to meet air traffic growth.