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 Hong Kong International Airport (香港國際機場), popularly referred to as Chek Lap Kok Airport (赤鱲角機場 Pinyin: Chìliè Jiǎo, Red Perch Cape), is the international airport of Hong Kong. The airport was built on an artificial island reclaimed from Chek Lap Kok, one of the islands that make up the airport's 12.48 km² platform. It is connected to the northern side of Lantau Island at the new town of Tung Chung. It is the replacement for the old Hong Kong International Airport, popularly known as Kai Tak International Airport. The airport is operated by the Airport Authority Hong Kong, a statutory body wholly owned by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is the hub of Cathay Pacific (the flag carrier of Hong Kong), Air Hong Kong and Dragonair. Its IATA Airport Code is HKG, which is the same as what Kai Tak once had. The airport is the 3rd busiest passenger international airport, and the busiest international cargo airport every year since the airport's opening. It is popular with travellers — from 2001 to 2004 Hong Kong International Airport has been voted the world's best airport in an annual survey of several million passengers worldwide[1] (http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/aboutus/display_pr_content.jsp?cid=486). In 2000, the airport also won an award as 'Asia/Pacific's leading airport' at the 7th World Travel Awards. According to the Guinness World Records, the passenger terminal of the HKIA is the world largest building. The Airport Core Project is the most expensive airport project.
HistoryOpened in 6 July 1998, it took six years and US $20 billion to build. The architects were Foster and Partners. For three to five months after its opening, it suffered various severe organizational, mechanical, and technical problems that almost crippled the airport. At one time, the government reopened the cargo terminal at Kai Tak Airport to handle freight traffic due to a breakdown at the new cargo terminal, named Super Terminal One (ST1). Luckily, things started to settle down after six months and the airport started to operate normally. On 22 August 1999, Mandarin Airlines Flight 642, which was landing in Tropical Storm Sam at Hong Kong International Airport on a route from Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok to Hong Kong, rolled upside down on the runway. The plane came to rest upside down. 3 of the passengers died.  In 25 May 2002, China Airlines Flight 611 broke up in midflight on the way to Hong Kong International Airport from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. All of the passengers on board perished. AnomalitiesHong Kong has its own immigration policies and is a separate customs territory from mainland China. Travellers between Hong Kong and mainland China need to go through immigration and customs checks. Flights between Hong Kong and mainland China are therefore treated as international flights. Such flights use international but not domestic airports in mainland China. Connections with Guangdong and Macao
TransportationRailThe airport can be reached by the Airport Express, a dedicated high-speed rail link provided by MTR. It takes 23 minutes to reach the airport from Hong Kong Station which is located in Central, in the Central and Western district, via Kowloon and Tsing Yi stations.
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Discovery Bay Transit Services Limited:
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Check-in AislesAirline check-in at HKIA is divided into eight aisles as passengers enter the airport. Aisle AAisle BAisle CAisle D
Aisle E
Aisle FAisle G
Aisle H
Aisle J
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