Hong Kong international airport reported its busiest day for private jet activity on record this week as wealthy residents of the territory and Chinese citizens rush back to the city before authorities imposed strict quarantine measures on new arrivals.
The airport was close to its maximum capacity of 30 private jets on Wednesday and The Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre added that landings and take-offs had reached their highest level.
The flurry of chartered flights into the territory came as the virus’s centre of gravity shifted towards the west, where infection rates have spiralled and governments this week launched multitrillion-dollar measures to combat the economic fallout.