JAKARTA - Hong Kong International Airport’s Expo & Career Fair 2026 opened at Terminal 2 on May 23, with more than 4,400 job vacancies across approximately 40 companies from the airport community, Airport Authority Hong Kong said.
The event was jointly hosted by AAHK and Hong Kong’s Labour Department as part of the opening events for the new terminal. The two-day fair ran from May 23 to May 24 at the Arrivals Hall of Terminal 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with free admission. AAHK said the jobs cover inflight services, ground services, aircraft maintenance, airfreight, airport security, airport services, baggage handling, catering and related airport operations.
The recruitment drive is tied to HKIA’s Terminal 2 opening. T2 departure facilities are scheduled to start operating on May 27, and 15 airlines mainly operating regional routes will move their departure check-in services to the terminal in batches. AAHK said the target is to complete the relocation by mid-June to meet summer peak travel demand.
Vivian Cheung, chief executive officer of AAHK, said, “The amount of job openings further reinforces the message that HKIA’s continuous development is driving economic growth and generates jobs for the local workforce.” She said the fair lets the public visit the new T2, learn about airport developments and explore aviation industry careers.
AAHK itself is offering around 70 openings in areas including airfield operations, baggage handling, aviation logistics, systems engineering and information technology. It will also present four talent development tracks: the Management Trainee Programme, Graduate Engineer Programme, IT Trainee Programme and Summer Internship Programme.
The fair also includes 14 career talk sessions by airport companies, covering employment trends, career planning and interview skills. Participating companies may conduct on-site interviews. Free services include a CV clinic, CV portrait photography, personal colour analysis and MBTI testing.
In April, HKIA handled 5.67 million passengers and 34,445 flight movements, up 9.4 percent and 5.5 percent year on year. AAHK said passenger growth was led by transfer and transit passengers, visitors, mainland China and Southeast Asia.
The hiring push sits alongside Hong Kong’s aviation labour importation framework. HKIA’s official labour importation page says the government launched the scheme in July 2023 to address an acute aviation manpower shortage, with a quota ceiling of 6,300. Applicants must first show they made sufficient local recruitment efforts before applying to import workers.
