{"id":5403,"date":"2018-08-08T22:39:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T02:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:37:14","slug":"more-overnight-slots-for-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/more-overnight-slots-for-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"More overnight slots for Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5407\" src=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-20.34.56-300x196.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-20.34.56-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-20.34.56-768x501.png 768w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-20.34.56-1024x668.png 1024w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-20.34.56-676x441.png 676w, https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-20.34.56.png 1644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Without stating the obvious, <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/hong-kong-near-misses-on-the-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hong Kong is a busy airport<\/a> and it&#8217;s a difficult one to get slots and parking at, if you are a GA\/BA operator.<\/p>\n<p>Ok- it&#8217;s true, we went as far as <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/hong-kong-is-a-pain-in-the-ass-its-official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling operations to Hong Kong a PITA<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the latest intel is that the Airport Authority (AAHK) and the Hong Kong Schedule Coordination Office (HKSCO) have decided to trial an increase in slot availability from 4 to 6 total slots each night.<\/p>\n<p>This is the info we have:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notice on night slot availability (trial from 8 August 2018 until 8 October 2018)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The number of slots available for GA\/BA operations between 0000 to 0500 local time (16-21 UTC) will increase from 4 slots daily to 6 slots daily.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The application procedure for these 6 slots will be the same as that for the 4 daily slots currently available.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The above are provided on a trial and temporary basis and are subject to continuous review jointly by AAHK and HKSCO. The procedures will be effective from 0000 UTC on 8 August 2018 until 2359 UTC on 7 October 2018.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Also important to note, as pointed out to us by our friends at the <a href=\"http:\/\/asbaa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; these 6 slots will be made available to all aircraft types, not just the ones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cad.gov.hk\/reports\/SC%20Guidelines%20for%20HKIA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currently exempted<\/a> from the noise abatement regulations.\u00a0This means that BBJ\u2019s\/ACJ\u2019s\/Lineage 1000\/Globals\/G650ER etc can now operate in and out of Hong Kong at night-time, subject to slot availability.<\/p>\n<p>Some days I miss the old Kai Tak airport. My Dad reminded me that the 20th anniversary of its closure just went by last month. I feel old.<\/p>\n<p>If you do too, watch a Kai Tak video to cheer you up \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"L1011 at Kai Tak (1990s)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Mj6R-ilfRA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Extra Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qantasnewsroom.com.au\/roo-tales\/mind-the-washing-remembering-old-hong-kong-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qantas- Mind the washing! Remembering old Hong Kong airport<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qantasnewsroom.com.au\/roo-tales\/mind-the-washing-remembering-old-hong-kong-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cathay &#8211; The Hong Kong Airport Story<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without stating the obvious, Hong Kong is a busy airport and it&#8217;s a difficult one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":5417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[40,688,686],"class_list":{"0":"post-5403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-item","8":"tag-hong-kong","9":"tag-slots","10":"tag-vhhh"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9712,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions\/9712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}