Barcelona launches new direct flights to Hong Kong for the summer season

Barcelona Airport launched a new direct flight route to Hong Kong on Sunday. The route will be flown by Cathay Pacific four times a week during the entire summer season and until October 27. The Catalan government is confident that the route will be extended throughout the year.

“This golden bridge between Hong Kong and Barcelona shouldn’t just be a seasonal route; it’s very likely to be kept up all year round,” said the Catalan minister for Territory and Sustainability, Josep Rull.

According to Rull, up to 62,000 people took indirect flights from Barcelona to Hong Kong in 2015. Once Cathay Pacific starts operating the new route, the number of passengers carried through it will be high and the company will realize it is “very profitable,” Rull said.

The Barcelona Airport director, Sonia Corrochano, backed up the Catalan government’s expectations. “The company told us that sales are going very well, which makes us optimistic about October,” she said.