7 April 2025
The easiest of departures then a sprint
Hong Kong to Singapore on an Airbus A350
Hong Kong airport and the train to Hong Kong airport are both fantastic.
I left my hotel around 6 and was at the airport by 7am and through customs and immigration in under 5 minutes. Amazing. There was no line to check in even, I just walked straight up to the counter. Why can't all airports be like this? Remember, when I arrived in Hong Kong it was 12 minutes from the leaving of the plane to the boarding of the train, faster than I could do at an Australian domestic airport.
Hong Kong airport even has a much nicer lounge than Singapore airport, for Singapore airlines... but that is because they do less segregation of classes in Hong Kong where as in Singapore you get sent to the plebs lounge if you are flying on Virgin points, but I digress.
The supposed to be 3.5 hour flight to Singapore was full, I was starting to think all flights are now full, but read on...
The problem was, my connection time was 1 hour and 15 minutes, and then my plane landed 20 minutes late due to congestion, so I sprinted through the airport like a lunatic. It was quite far too, I estimate about 500 metres or so. Luckily I made it with plenty of time to spare.
Here is the Singapore airlines lounge at Hong Kong airport, it is great compared to the lounge they let me into in their home country as I mentioned above. Also they had Beerenberg jam from Adelaide.
I love to walk the full distance around Hong Kong airport, and I had just enough time to do it, I was excited.
This is not my plane, thankfully, as I do not fancy flying United Airlines, but it is a great view with the mountains.
Here is my plane, an Airbus A350, which you can clearly read on the side to be sure.