HK Express Records 160% Passenger Growth in the Month of January 2015

Hong Kong, 17 February, 2015 HK Express, Hong Kong’s low-fare airline, has revealed that it achieved significant year-on-year growth in terms of passenger numbers for the month of January.

Total passengers for the month amounted to 151,306, which represents an increase of 160% in the same month compared to 2014.

The airline attributed the success to their growth strategy in North Asia. With low-fare flights to Tokyo and Osaka proving incredibly popular among the traveling public, HK Express has been rapidly expanding its footprint in Japan, as well as Korea. Currently HK Express offers 54 low-fare flights to Japan every week, including Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya, as well as 24 weekly flights to Seoul-Incheon and Busan in Korea.

Andrew Cowen, Deputy CEO of HK Express said, “North-Asia continued to be a key driver of growth for HK Express. Passenger traffic has experienced a significant year-on-year growth of 352% in January for North-Asia. The dramatic leap in passenger numbers attests to the success of our strategy to offer consistently affordable fares that make air travel accessible to everyone.

HK Express also continued to achieve its number one position among all Hong Kong-based airlines in terms of On-Time Performance (OTP). In January 2015, according to independent flight statistic monitoring website flightstats.com, HK Express achieved an overall result of 91.2%. On-Time Performance, or OTP, is generated by independent flight monitoring website www.flightstats.com.

HK Express provides low-fare travel to 18 popular destinations throughout Asia, including the soon to be launched routes to DaNang, Vietnam (01 April), Wuxi, China (10 April), and Siem Reap, Cambodia (01 October).