Originally Posted by brunos

As mentioned in the CX forum, the term "airline group" is fairly standard and refers to groups of the same airline, for example CX group or SIA group or TG group. This the first stage of gradual transit reopening at HKIA and it is too early to know how it will be relaxed if situation improves.

QR has been flying to HKG QR818 daily till today. This flight has been extensively used for repatriation of HK residents (non-HK residents are not allowed from many countries) via DOH.

Mainland China has a "five ones" policy (check on Google). QR can only operate one flight to mainland China once a week. And only Chinese nationals can enter. Foreign residents are not even allowed. A couple of charter flights from Germany have just been organized for essential German workers with limited quarantine requirement but tests on arrival. The bad news is that one German has already tested positive.