Hong Kong will resume connecting flights from June 1

Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie lam cheng yuet-ngor said connecting flights at the Hong Kong international airport would resume on June 1, the south China morning post reported.

"It will be properly restored and will not involve entering the city or entry restrictions," Lin said, according to the south China morning post.

Transfer services at Hong Kong airport have been suspended since March 25.The suspension was subsequently extended on 7 April.

On April 7, the government also extended a travel ban on non-hong kong residents until further notice.As part of the measure, all non-hong kong residents who fly from overseas countries and territories are barred from entering Hong Kong.

All passengers arriving in Hong Kong have been tested for covid-19.

Transit flights were only declared after Hong Kong recorded no locally transmitted coronavirus cases (covid-19) for 11 consecutive days.The city has now begun to relax its social distancing measures, allowing casinos, including nightclubs and karaoke bars, to open this Friday.

Hong Kong's airport is one of the busiest in the world, but passenger traffic has fallen in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.The number of people entering and leaving the Hong Kong international airport fell to just 32,000 last month, indicating a 99.5 percent drop in traffic in April 2020 compared with April 2019.

Air traffic statistics released by the airport also showed the total number of flights at the Hong Kong international airport in April was 9,445, down 73.5% from a year earlier.