Colonnade in the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal (Image: Foster + Partners) The old Hong Kong International Airport operated from 1925 until 1998, before being closed and renamed Kai Tak Airport when the ...

“This detracts from the tourists’ first impressions of Hong Kong.” The terminal was built on the runway of the former Kai Tak Airport for a price tag of HK$6.6 billion and opened in 201 ...

Kai Tak was closed 25 years ago, on July 6, 1998, almost a year after control of Hong Kong had ... from the old airport, which has since been transformed into a cruise terminal.

Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport was legendary among pilots—who had to thread their way between high-rises to land—and passengers, who gripped their armrests and held their breath as they peered ...

5. When Hong Kong's first night flight took off from Kai Tak to write a new chapter in the city's civil aviation history A Cathay Pacific Airways DC-3 took off at 8.30pm on July 18, 1959, in a ...

Passengers disembarking at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal were able to board transport to the city centre this past weekend nearly twice as fast as before due to new measures, the operator ...

The Hong Kong government is acting ... Ambitious plans for the Kai Tak development, on the site of the city’s former international airport, included creating a new business district with homes ...

Hong Kong has previously hosted Asia’s 50 ... the 17th annual edition of World’s 50 Best Bars at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in a thrilling live event on October 8. And that’s not all.

Like Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong International Airport was founded at a pivotal moment in Hong Kong's history. Creating extra ...

The fly-past was especially symbolic, as the new Sports Park sits on the site of the old Hong Kong International Airport in Kai Tak — Cathay Pacific’s iconic longtime home base. Hong Kong ...

Rugby fans from all over the world descended upon Hong Kong‘s newest 50,000-seat Kai ... one for Hong Kongers as it transforms the old Kai Tak Airport location, which notoriously saw flights ...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s largest sports infrastructure, which officially opened last Saturday (Mar 1), has been touted by the government as a game changer for its sports and culture industries.