Hong Kong Airlines appoints GM for UK
Hong Kong Airlines has appointed Gerard Clarke as general manager UK.
Clarke will oversee the launch of the airline’s daily all Club Class service between London and Hong Kong which starts on March 8.
He was previously director at the UK’s airline representation company Aviareps plc and also spent eight years working at the headquarters of Dubai-based Emirates Airlines.
Hong Kong Airlines’ new service will depart daily from London Gatwick at 21:30.
It will be operated with a dedicated fleet of three new Airbus A330-200s featuring 116 seats in two cabins – ‘Club Premier’ and ‘Club Classic’.
by Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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