Originally Posted by
betpump5
HKIA will be a joke soon. If it isn't already during a drop of rain.
Single Rwy ops for 2 years!!
No argument on the ridiculous delays but I take it your last comment was related to the plan to close the (current) north runway for 2 years, which needs correction.
That will only be done once the 3rd runway and associated taxiways are completed, so that work can be done cutting tunnels thru and reprofiling the Centre (current north) runway, building wrap around taxiways at the ends and finishing the reclamation up to the current North Sea wall. All which couldn't be done while Ops were still underway on that runway.
So, never less than 2 runways until the 3 come online.(night maintenance excepted)