Chinese tycoon bets on Hong Kong travel rebound with new airline

Greater Bay Airlines has leased three jets and is hiring up to 500 staff

20201029 Hong Kong airport

Greater Bay Airlines is confident the pandemic "will be overcome" and demand for flights return in Hong Kong. © AP

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- Even as one Hong Kong airline disappears under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic after 35 years of operations, another is rising to take its place.

Greater Bay Airlines, which takes its name from Chinese President Xi Jinping's pet project to integrate Hong Kong and Macao with Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other cities in Guangdong Province, has started hiring staff and preparing paperwork and aircraft to be able to take to the skies by mid-2021.

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