The CEO of Greater Bay Airlines (HB, Hong Kong International) says the carrier is still keen on adding B787s to help deal with growing demand in the future. Liza Ng made the comments to local outlets on the sidelines of a November 3, 2024, event in Hong Kong.
The airline currently flies eight B737-800s to 11 airports in seven countries. In March 2023, Greater Bay announced it would buy fifteen B737-9s, with deliveries scheduled between August 2024 and 2027. However, Ng says production problems at Boeing have delayed that delivery timeline. The first is now expected to arrive sometime in the second quarter of 2025, with the remainder to ferry in at the rate of two to three per year.
Ng was speaking at an event to mark the start of flights between Hong Kong and Yonago. She told the South China Morning Post that Japan is a key market, although the carrier was looking to expand into "newer destinations" with "less competition." Scheduled services are also starting to Tokushima later this month and Sendai in December.
“This is our survival strategy, so to speak,” Ng said.
ch-aviation has contacted Greater Bay Airlines for further details on its B787 plans.
