Hong Kong shoppers are bracing for a sharp rise in the price of foods including dairy products, fruit and meat after authorities cancelled cargo flights to protect the Chinese territory from the spreading Omicron coronavirus variant.
Cathay Pacific, the territory’s de facto flag carrier, announced last week it would suspend long haul cargo flights, while other airlines have either been banned from service to Hong Kong or halted flights because of the city’s strict pandemic policies.
The flight suspensions have squeezed cargo space, prompting freight companies and importers, who supply much of the food for one of the most expensive cities in the world, to warn customers of even steeper prices.
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