About 400 flights cancelled over the weekend after Noul triggers city’s first No 8 and No 9 signals of 2026
Air passengers continued to face disruption on Monday as at least a dozen departures were further delayed due to Typhoon Noul, with authorities saying they expected normal operations to resume in the morning after hundreds of flights were cancelled over the weekend.
According to the airport website, as of 12.45pm, 12 departing flights initially scheduled for Sunday had been rescheduled for Monday, including three that were due to depart between 5pm and 11.15pm.
The website also showed that eight departure and eight arrival flights scheduled for Monday had been cancelled. They included seven departure flights initially slated for take-off between midnight and 1.05am.
On Monday morning, the South China Morning Post observed that while passengers formed orderly queues at check-in counters, dozens of stranded travellers who had spent the night on seats were still waiting for airlines to clear backlogs from delayed flights.
Typhoon Noul triggered the city’s first No 8 and No 9 storm signals of the year over the weekend and led to the cancellation of about 400 flights. Although all typhoon warnings were cancelled on Sunday evening, some travellers said their flights had been rescheduled for Monday evening.
Among them was Xing Tai from Beijing, who said her Saturday flight home had been cancelled, leaving her stranded at the airport for a full day.