Hong Kong has some of the world's toughest rules as it follows China's zero Covid policies.
Hong Kong's government says that from Monday people arriving in Hong Kong will no longer have to go into mandatory hotel quarantine.
The airline said it was adding more than 200 pairs of flights in October to both regional and long haul destinations. The prolonged closure of its border has hit Hong Kong's economy hard and left the Asian financial centre at a disadvantage compared with its rivals in the region such as Singapore. "Hong Kong has been isolated from the international community for two-and-half years, and is suffering from it," Hao Hong, chief economist of Grow Investment Group told the BBC.
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