Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines is offering HK$20 (US$2.56) round-trip tickets for select destinations to celebrate its second anniversary, with Bangkok being its first promotion.
The airline earlier said the limited-time offer would be rolled out from Tuesday to Thursday and next Monday to Wednesday, with a daily quota of 200 passengers. Travellers are only allowed to purchase one ticket each.
“Greater Bay Airlines just launched the ‘2nd Anniversary Mega Sale’ limited promotion as an anniversary celebration and a token of gratitude to customers for their continued support,” the company said on Tuesday.
The promotional price will not include fuel charges and relevant taxes, with passengers required to depart from Hong Kong. Travellers cannot change their route or transfer tickets to other people.
The airline is expected to reveal the routes with the discounted tickets at 10am on the specified days, and announce a promotion code at 12pm in the comments section of the carrier’s Facebook and Instagram pages. Interested customers can then use the code to buy the discounted tickets.
The first destination that the airline announced on the first day of the event was Bangkok.
The offer includes a free 20kg (44lbs) checked and 7kg carry-on baggage allowance, with passengers required to travel on dates between August 18 and December 18.
The carrier’s launch was initially hindered due to objections from other airlines, inquiries by the city’s Air Transport Licensing Authority and the Covid-19 pandemic. The launch was postponed from the fourth quarter of 2021 to July 2022.
The airline currently serves seven destinations: Taipei, Tokyo’s Narita Airport, Osaka’s Kansai Airport, Seoul, Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, Manila and Haikou, the capital city of Hainan province.
On June 1, the carrier halted its direct flights to Singapore, about a month after it launched the route on April 26.
It also suspended its services to Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport in February, eight months after the launch in July last year.
The airline has reportedly been considering launching regular flights from Hong Kong to the Japanese city of Sendai as early as this autumn, as well as services to Sapporo and the South Korean island of Jeju.
