Hong Kong Airlines drops Gatwick flights
Hong Kong Airlines is dropping flights between Hong Kong and Gatwick from September 10.
The all-business class airline is abandoning the service after just six months in operation.
It launched the daily all Club Class service on March 8 and appointed Gerard Clarke as general manager UK.
The airline released a statement blaming the "continuing weak economic outlook in Europe, combined with the strength of the regional business within Asia".
"We believe that a regional model focused on Asia Pacific is most appropriate for Hong Kong Airlines at this stage of our growth," said president Yang Jian Hong.
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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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