The old Hong Kong International Airport operated from 1925 until 1998, before being closed and renamed Kai Tak Airport when the new Hong Kong International Airport opened.

Runway 1331” project expected to provide young people with opportunities for entrepreneurship, cultural exchange and talent development.

Kai Tak, which served Hong Kong for more than seven decades until 1998 as the city’s sole civilian airport, got its name from a failed real estate project by two local businessmen, Ho Kai and Au ...

Kai Tak started out as an RAF landing strip, built on a vacant lot reclaimed from the waters by a failed business venture. It evolved with the city, becoming a full-fledged commercial airport as ...

The site of the old Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport – famous for its notoriously challenging runway in the middle of the busy city center – is set to welcome a new sky-high landmark.

Once the third busiest airport of the world, the Kai Tak International Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until Jul. 6, 1998 when it was replaced by the Chek Lap Kok.

It’s been 25 years since Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport closed. Pilot Russell Davie and photographer Daryl Chapman remember the glory days and share a few of the scariest moments.

As labour was cheap, luxury and electronic goods began to be also manufactured in abundance in Hong Kong. In 1958, the short runway, at what was now called the Kai Tak aerodrome, was extended to 8,000 ...

The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal where the airport once stood. (Image: Getty) Many people are scared of flying, yet it remains the safest mode of transportation. This is despite all the recent incidents.

And it was in 2012 that Donald Tsang, Hong Kong's then chief executive, unveiled a plan to redevelop the former airport and its runway.In the 2011-12 Policy Address, the Hong Kong government revealed ...