Experts suggest that Middle East war impacts, coupled with surging fuel costs, could temporarily affect Hong Kong's role as a major transit hub. However, the severity of the impact is expected to be relative, depending on the duration of the conflict.

Passenger flight cuts triggered by surging fuel prices could temporarily affect Hong Kong’s status as a transit hub, but the impact will be relative and depend on how long the Middle East conflict lasts, aviation experts have said. Steven Cheung King-lung, chairman of the Hong Kong Professional Airline Pilots Association, said on Monday that the city faced fierce competition in the region not only from Singapore, but also from the Greater Bay Area, as well as from Japan and South Korea. “While.....