Originally Posted by
Reply1984
The capacity between China-North America is still largely frozen at the pandemic level but the demand is booming and it floods into HKG/ICN/NRT. I will say the fare level will remain elevated between HKG-North America in the foreseeable future as the relations between the West and Russia will not be back to the normal anytime soon.
This gets no press but most likely the reason why HKG airfares are so high to north america. Anyone who wants to go back to the mainland is basically going to route through HKG due to capacity cuts on the mainland. I've spoken to a few who do not want to transit via ICN/NRT due to the fear of language issues (their words - not mine).