Greater Bay Airlines Launches Direct Hong Kong-Surabaya Route

Hong Kong-based carrier Greater Bay Airlines has launched direct flights to Surabaya, Indonesia, extending its network into Southeast Asia for the first time. The inaugural flight departed Hong Kong on 25 September 2026, with an opening ceremony held at Terminal 2 of Hong Kong International Airport, according to The Standard.

Four Weekly Flights

The new service operates four times a week, on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, connecting Hong Kong with Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city and the capital of East Java province. Flight HB211 departs Hong Kong in the early evening and lands in Surabaya a little under four hours later. The launch-day ceremony was attended by Hong Kong lawmaker Perry Yiu Pak-leung, airport official Vivian Kong Man-wai, and Indonesia’s acting consul-general in Hong Kong and Macau, Baskara Pradipta. Greater Bay Airlines chief executive Hou Wei said the carrier’s network now covers more than 20 scheduled and seasonal routes across Asia and mainland China, and that the airline intends to keep adding destinations to meet demand.

A Growing Regional Gateway

Surabaya is a major port and commercial centre with well-developed transport links, and the new route is expected to serve both business travellers and tourists exploring East Java’s cultural and shopping attractions. The route forms part of a broader push by Greater Bay Airlines, a relatively young carrier founded to serve the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, to diversify beyond domestic and short-haul China routes into wider Asian markets, including Japan and now Indonesia.

Why It Matters

The new link adds to a wave of new regional air connectivity between North Asia and Southeast Asia, which is increasingly central to both leisure travel recovery and business investment flows. For Surabaya and East Java, a direct Hong Kong connection widens access to a key regional gateway for onward connections, trade and inbound tourism, at a time when Indonesian destinations beyond Bali and Jakarta are competing harder for international visibility.