On July 17th, Guolonghui reported: In order to encourage airlines to open more routes and increase flights, the Hong Kong Airport Authority has launched two incentive programs. If an airline develops a new route and adds or increases round-trip flights to Hong Kong, it will receive a reward of 0.01 to 0.02 million yuan per trip in the first year, calculated according to the aircraft's load capacity. It is estimated that each route will receive about 7 to 8 million yuan per year, and the total amount of rewards is unlimited. According to the Airport Authority, since the plan was launched last month, 5 airlines and a total of 8 routes are qualified, including Hong Kong Express, Hong Kong Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Starlux Airlines from Taiwan, and Jeju Air from South Korea, with routes to and from Clark in the Philippines, Xining and Kashgar in Xinjiang. The deputy director of airport operations of the Airport Authority, Fang Ruiwen, said that the plan does not provide long-term subsidies for airlines, but hopes to accelerate the recovery of flight speed and reduce the risk of airlines opening new routes. Currently, short-haul flight capacity at Hong Kong Airport has exceeded pre-epidemic levels, but long-haul flight capacity has only recovered to 90% of pre-epidemic levels. The incentive program aims to encourage airlines to make up for the frequency of long-haul flights.