2,000 passengers stranded overnight at Hong Kong airport due to Typhoon Noul

2,000 passengers stranded overnight at Hong Kong airport due to Typhoon Noul Airport Authority provides additional 600 seats and food for travellers, while some lament hotel room rates increasing from HK$2,000 to HK$3,000 About 2,000 passengers were stranded overnight at Hong Kong International Airport as Typhoon Noul battered the city, with some dismayed by their disrupted journeys while others complained about hotel room rates that had risen from HK$2,000 (US$255) to HK$3,000 per night. In the airport’s departure hall, almost all the chairs were occupied on Sunday morning, with some passengers sitting on luggage trolleys. Many slept on benches, while others anxiously checked the status of flights on their phones. Yeung Tat-wing, the Airport Authority’s director of service delivery, said the airport was expected to handle a total of 675 flights on Sunday, while 350 had been cancelled. At least 29 departure and 20 arrival flights were cancelled on Saturday. Yeung said most flights would resume on Sunday afternoon and all three runways would operate overnight if necessary. Airport Express services resumed at 9am on Sunday, and Yeung said he hoped all airport operations would return to normal by Monday morning.