More than 130 flights between Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China and Japan have been cancelled, while 10 high-speed rail services have been suspended as Typhoon Bavi barrels towards China’s east coast.
Hong Kong International Airport’s webpage showed that 64 inbound flights and 71 outbound flights were cancelled on Saturday, with more than half scheduled to travel between the city and Taipei.
Services between Hong Kong and Kaohsiung, Shanghai and Hangzhou were cancelled, while a handful of flights to Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya were also axed.
Local carriers affected included Cathay Pacific Airways and its budget arm HK Express, as well as Hong Kong Airlines and Greater Bay Airlines.
Taiwanese and mainland carriers such as EVA Air, China Airlines, Juneyao Air, Loong Air and China Eastern Airlines also announced cancellations.
Meanwhile, the MTR Corporation said 10 high-speed rail trips connecting Hong Kong with the mainland had been cancelled, including services between West Kowloon station and Shanghai, Fuzhou, and Guangzhou.
Eight other high-speed rail trips scheduled for Sunday were also cancelled.