Ahead of the arrival of hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday, about 80% of the aircraft belonging to the four main airlines based in the city had been relocated to or grounded at airports in Japan, China, Cambodia, Europe, Australia and other locations, Flightradar24 tracking data showed.
Hong Kong’s largest airline, Cathay Pacific Airways , said on Monday the typhoon was going to have “a significant impact” on its operations and it would cancel more than 500 long-haul and regional flights.
Hong Kong issued typhoon signal 10, its highest warning, early on Wednesday, which urges businesses and transport services to shut down.
At least 14 Cathay Pacific jets flew from Hong Kong to Cambodia's Phnom Penh Techo airport on Tuesday to wait out the storm, according to tracking data and Techo airport.
In high winds, airlines can store aircraft in hangars, or add extra fuel to weigh them down. Smaller aircraft can be tied down.
Its Boeing 737s flew to airports in Japan and China on Tuesday, tracking data shows.
Cathay and its low-cost subsidiary HK Express kept more of their planes in Hong Kong, tracking data showed.
Cathay and HK Express did not respond to requests for comment about how they were storing their planes. In a 2017 internal publication, Cathay said it had stored some of its planes in hangars at Hong Kong airport during past cyclones, while others had been sent to other destinations. - Reuters
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