28/04/2023

Greater Bay Airlines management joins inaugural flight to Osaka

Mr Wong Cho Bau, Chairman of GBA (fourth left), Mr Stanley Hui, Chief Executive Officer of GBA (third right), Mr Andrew Leung, President of Legislative Council of Hong Kong SAR and Director of GBA (fourth right), Mrs Vivian K Cheung, Chief Operating Officer, Airport Authority Hong Kong (first left), Mr Eric Tsang, General Manager (Content Operations) of Television Broadcasts Limited (third left) and Mr Jarvis Chow, Japanese-speaking TV host (second right), took a group photo at the departure hall of Hong Kong International Airport before the inaugural flight.

Joining the inaugural flight were Mr Wong Cho Bau, Chairman of GBA (fourth left), Mr Stanley Hui, Chief Executive Officer of GBA (first left), Mr Andrew Leung, President of Legislative Council of Hong Kong SAR and Director of GBA (third left), and Mr Eric Tsang, General Manager (Content Operations) of Television Broadcasts Limited (second left). They were greeted by Mr Francois Southarewsky, Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (Aeronautical) of Kansai Airports (third right), Mr Atsushi Kato, President and Chief Executive Officer, CKTS Company Limited (second right), and Mr Morimasa Hasegawa, Director of CKTS Company Limited (first right), upon arrival at the Kansai International Airport.

Passengers of the Osaka inaugural flight took a photo with the GBA cabin crew at the departure hall of the airport.

On board the flight to Osaka, passengers were able to enjoy the delicious palmiers and crispy cookies specially made by Imperial Patisserie.

(28 April 2023) Greater Bay Airlines (GBA) commenced scheduled service to Osaka today and the airline’s management joined the inaugural flight to celebrate the launch of the fifth destination of its network. This new service will operate three times a week between Hong Kong and Osaka (Kansai International Airport).

Joining the inaugural flight were Mr Wong Cho Bau, Chairman of GBA, Mr Stanley Hui, Chief Executive Officer of GBA, Mr Andrew Leung, President of Legislative Council of Hong Kong SAR and Director of GBA, Mr Albert Li, Director of GBA, and Mr Eric Tsang, General Manager (Content Operations) of Television Broadcasts Limited. They were greeted by Mr Francois Southarewsky, Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (Aeronautical) of Kansai Airports, Mr Atsushi Kato, President and Chief Executive Officer, CKTS Company Limited, and Mr Morimasa Hasegawa, Director of CKTS Company Limited, upon arrival at the Kansai International Airport.

Passengers of the inaugural flight were warmly welcomed by GBA staff when they checked in at the Hong Kong International Airport early this morning. Each of them was given a souvenir pack and an inaugural flight certificate to mark this memorable moment. On board the flight, passengers were also able to enjoy the delicious palmiers and crispy cookies specially made by Imperial Patisserie.

GBA’s new Hong Kong – Osaka, Kansai service offers a convenient schedule with three morning flights a week to Hong Kong travellers. The flight schedule is as follows:

Flight No.	From	To	Departure/Arrival	Days of week
HB540	Hong Kong	Osaka, Kansai	0915/1400	Sunday, Wednesday, Friday
HB541	Osaka, Kansai	Hong Kong	1500/1800	Sunday, Wednesday, Friday

To book a trip, customers may visit the GBA website (www.greaterbay-airlines.com), GBA mobile app or contact their travel agents.

GBA commenced scheduled service in July 2022 and is currently operating flights to Bangkok, Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul and Osaka. For more information, please visit www.greaterbay-airlines.com.

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