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HONG KONG'S SkyPier begins formal operations next Monday, offering millions of residents in the Pearl River Delta direct access to the Hong Kong International Airport.
High-speed ferries will shuttle passengers to SkyPier where they will board bonded buses for the airport, bypassing immigration and customs formalities, cutting by up to half the four-hour transit time. With SkyPier, travelers will be whisked through the airport for direct flights to 140 destinations served by 74 airlines.
Initially, ferries will operate to four ports --- Shekou, Shenzhen, and Humen (in Dongguan) as well as Macao, extending later to Zhuhai, Guangzhou and Zhongshan.
Speaking at an opening ceremony Tuesday, Airport Authority Chief Executive Officer David Pang said the SkyPier airport ferry terminal was a very innovative way to extend HK's local market reach of 6.8 million residents in Hong Kong to 26 million in the Pearl River Delta region. The airport was a model international transport hub with land and sea transport. The general manager of Hong Kong International Airport Ferry Services Limited, operator of SkyPier, Peng Dong, said the opening could not come at a better time. "We see a strong and continued growth in travelers, boosted by the CEPA as more cities allow individual travel to Hong Kong."
Editor: Wings
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