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HONG KONG : Hong Kong's two chief airlines said belatedly Thursday they have floating all getaways from the metropolis's airport for the surplus of the day, as a adjoining stifling typhoon squashs the metropolis with tiring spit and great airstreams.
The monsoon has also led a number of other airlines to cancel getaways in and out of Hong Kong.
Cathay relaxing Airways said all of its getaways into and out of Hong Kong will be cancelled pending 0100 GMT Friday, while Hong Kong Dragon Airlines said it has floating all of its getaways pending Friday morning.
Due to bad season, Cathay has diverted or cancelled virtually all its journeys into Hong Kong while early Thursday.
Hong Kong's Airport right said as of 0900 GMT, a entirety of 135 journeys have been waited, 104 cancelled, and 56 diverted from the airport.
It said it thinks another 300 journeys to be unnatural by bad endure pending 1600 GMT Thursday.
About 3,000 passengers are abandoned at Hong Kong International Airport, the right said.
Hong Kong issued the Number 3 brawny airstream gesture Wednesday as cyclone Prapiroon was stirring southwest of the territory. - CNA/ch.
Source: channelnewsasia.com
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