The flight had departed after a delay of almost 3.5 hours as its scheduled departure was at 8.50 am, as per flight tracking website flightradar24.com.
Based on factors like shopping, dining, staff courtesy, baggage delivery and waiting times at security, airport customers chose Hong Kong over 190 others in an annual survey conducted by Skytrax, a privately-owned research company in London, which released the results on Tuesday. The ranking was finalised based on 8.2 million company questionnaires completed by passengers over 10 months from 2007 to 2008.
In the past few days, more than 40 flights operated by the Indian carriers have received bomb threats which later turned out to be hoaxes.
Increasingly restive protests for over two months have plunged Hong Kong into its most serious political crisis in decades.
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This is the second day in a row that air travel in Hong Kong has been affected. A mass sit-in by the protesters was witnessed on Monday, while all flights in and out of the region were cancelled after 4 pm.
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The NHAI says non-availability of funds from private developers and financial institutions is also responsible for major delays.
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