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The made-up airlines of Kai Tak

Ten invented airlines, the aircraft they fly and the 1998 cities they serve, from Red Junk Air to the Concorde charter.

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Jets on the apron and taxiway at Kai Tak with red and gold tails, and the Hong Kong skyline beyond.
Tail colours tell the airlines apart on the apron.

Every airline at Fly Kai Tak is made up, so the sim carries no real brands. There are ten of them: eight passenger airlines, two cargo airlines, and one charter that only turns up for the Concorde. This is who they are, what they fly and where they go.

8Passenger airlinesin the sim
2Cargo airlines747-400F and A300-600F
28Destinations14 long haul, 14 regional
The split-flap flight board on the home screen, listing flights RJA 738, JPA 588, SSA 707, BHA 279, GLA 127, ORA 169 and KWA 775 with their cities, stands and status.
The flight board lists each flight by airline code and number.

The airlines

Each airline has a three-letter code, a Cantonese name and a tail colour. Flight numbers are the code plus three digits, such as RJA 738.

  • Red Junk Air (RJA, 紅帆航空): dark red tail.
  • Blue Harbour Air (BHA, 藍港航空): navy tail.
  • Jade Peak Airways (JPA, 翠峰航空): green tail.
  • Golden Lantern Air (GLA, 金燈航空): gold tail.
  • Orchid Air (ORA, 蘭花航空): purple tail.
  • Kowloon Wings (KWA, 九龍翼航空): charcoal tail.
  • South Sea Air (SSA, 南海航空): teal tail.
  • Teak Air (TKA, 柚木航空): brown tail. It is on the airline list but has no flights on the board yet.
  • Harbour Cargo Air (HCA, 港灣貨運航空): orange tail, freighters only.
  • Pearl River Express (PRX, 珠江速運): blue-green tail, freighters only.
Jets on the apron and taxiway at Kai Tak with red and gold tails, a jet on the runway behind, and Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong skyline beyond.
Tail colours are how you tell the airlines apart on the apron.

The aircraft

In the Plane Spotter schedule each airline flies one type:

  • Red Junk Air and Orchid Air: Boeing 747-400.
  • Blue Harbour Air and Golden Lantern Air: Airbus A330-300.
  • Jade Peak Airways: Boeing 777-200.
  • Kowloon Wings: Airbus A340-300.
  • Harbour Cargo Air: Boeing 747-400F.
  • Pearl River Express: Airbus A300-600F.

The demo traffic on the home screen mixes the liveries and types differently, so South Sea Air shows up there on a 747-400.

Freighters nose-in to the maroon cargo terminal on stands 41 to 46.
The two cargo airlines use the cargo apron, stands 41 and 42 in the schedule.

The routes

The cities are real 1998 Kai Tak destinations, and the board gives each flight one of them. Which list it comes from depends on the aircraft: the four-engine 747-400, A340-300 and 747-400F get the long-haul list, and the twins and the A300-600F get the regional list.

  • Long haul: London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, Rome, Zurich and Dubai.
  • Regional: Tokyo Narita, Osaka Kansai, Seoul Kimpo, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh and Bali.

An airline is not tied to one city, so the same flight code can show a different destination on another day. Passenger flights use stands 1 to 6 and cargo flights use stands 41 and 42.

The Concorde charter

Silver Swift Charter (SSC, 銀燕包機) flies only the Concorde special in Plane Spotter. SSC 001 arrives from Paris and SSC 002 leaves for Singapore, and the board lists them in gold as specials.

Your own flight. On the home screen the board also lists you, as FKT 13 under Fly Kai Tak, coming in on the IGS to Runway 13.

Fly Kai Tak 入面所有航空公司都係虛構嘅，唔會見到真實品牌。一共有十間：八間客運航空、兩間貨運航空，另外仲有一間只係喺協和客機出現時先飛嘅包機公司。呢篇講下佢哋係邊個、飛乜嘢機、去邊度。

8客運航空喺模擬器入面
2貨運航空747-400F 同 A300-600F
28目的地14 個長途、14 個區域
主畫面嘅翻牌式航班顯示板，列出 RJA 738、JPA 588、SSA 707、BHA 279、GLA 127、ORA 169 同 KWA 775 嘅城市、機位同狀態。
航班顯示板用航空公司代號同班次編號列出每個航班。

航空公司

每間航空公司都有三個字母嘅代號、廣東話名同機尾顏色。班次編號係代號加三個數字，例如 RJA 738。

  • Red Junk Air（RJA，紅帆航空）：深紅色機尾。
  • Blue Harbour Air（BHA，藍港航空）：海軍藍機尾。
  • Jade Peak Airways（JPA，翠峰航空）：綠色機尾。
  • Golden Lantern Air（GLA，金燈航空）：金色機尾。
  • Orchid Air（ORA，蘭花航空）：紫色機尾。
  • Kowloon Wings（KWA，九龍翼航空）：炭灰色機尾。
  • South Sea Air（SSA，南海航空）：青綠色機尾。
  • Teak Air（TKA，柚木航空）：啡色機尾。佢喺航空公司名單入面，但顯示板上仲未有航班。
  • Harbour Cargo Air（HCA，港灣貨運航空）：橙色機尾，只飛貨機。
  • Pearl River Express（PRX，珠江速運）：藍綠色機尾，只飛貨機。
啟德停機坪同滑行道上有紅色同金色機尾嘅客機，後面跑道上有一架客機，遠處係維多利亞港同香港天際線。
喺停機坪上面，睇機尾顏色就分到係邊間航空公司。

機種

喺 Plane Spotter 嘅時間表入面，每間航空公司只飛一種機型：

  • Red Junk Air 同 Orchid Air：波音 747-400。
  • Blue Harbour Air 同 Golden Lantern Air：空中巴士 A330-300。
  • Jade Peak Airways：波音 777-200。
  • Kowloon Wings：空中巴士 A340-300。
  • Harbour Cargo Air：波音 747-400F。
  • Pearl River Express：空中巴士 A300-600F。

主畫面嘅示範航班就將塗裝同機型砌過另一種配搭，所以 South Sea Air 喺嗰度會用 747-400。

貨機機頭向內泊喺棗紅色貨運大樓嘅 41 至 46 號機位。
兩間貨運航空用貨運停機坪，時間表入面係 41 同 42 號機位。

航線

城市都係 1998 年啟德真正有航班去嘅目的地，顯示板會俾每個航班揀其中一個。用邊個名單就睇機種：四引擎嘅 747-400、A340-300 同 747-400F 用長途名單，雙引擎機同 A300-600F 就用區域名單。

  • 長途：倫敦、法蘭克福、阿姆斯特丹、巴黎、悉尼、墨爾本、奧克蘭、三藩市、洛杉磯、溫哥華、多倫多、羅馬、蘇黎世同杜拜。
  • 區域：東京成田、大阪關西、漢城金浦、台北、新加坡、曼谷、馬尼拉、吉隆坡、雅加達、北京、上海、河內、胡志明市同峇里。

一間航空公司唔會固定飛一個城市，所以同一個航班代號喺另一日可以顯示唔同嘅目的地。客運航班用 1 至 6 號機位，貨運航班用 41 同 42 號機位。

協和包機

Silver Swift Charter（SSC，銀燕包機）只係喺 Plane Spotter 嘅協和特別訪問先飛。SSC 001 由巴黎飛到，SSC 002 飛去新加坡，顯示板用金色標示佢哋係特別航班。

你自己嘅航班。主畫面嘅顯示板都會列出你，班次係 FKT 13，航空公司係 Fly Kai Tak，用 IGS 進場降落 13 跑道。

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