Hong Kong International Airport is preparing to halt all passenger flights for 36 hours this week as Super Typhoon Ragasa nears, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The shutdown, from 6 p.m. local time on Tuesday until 6 a.m. on Thursday, would be the longest in recent history, according to the report. A formal announcement is expected later Monday, the report added.
Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) posted a notice on its website confirming the planned closure.
Ragasa has already strengthened into a super typhoon, equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane, the Hong Kong Observatory said. The storm is forecast to pass close to the city before making landfall in China’s Guangdong province on Wednesday.
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