More than 100 students from across the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area began their two-day Hong Kong study visit at the HKPAPA training centre in Kowloon Tong.
HKPAPA sponsored the aviation learning session, while volunteer pilots welcomed the visiting students and shared a practical introduction to the people, skills and systems behind professional aviation. The visit gave students an opportunity to step inside a training environment, see a flight simulator at close range and ask pilots about the journey from initial interest to structured training.
From curiosity to the flight deck
The first stop focused on questions that young people naturally ask: How does someone learn to fly? What knowledge and habits does a pilot need? How do simulators support training? What career and learning pathways exist within a modern aviation hub?
Rather than presenting aviation as a single job, the HKPAPA team introduced it as a connected professional ecosystem. Flight operations depend on pilots, engineers, air traffic professionals, airport teams, safety specialists, educators and many other disciplines working together.
Students also explored Hong Kong’s role as an international aviation hub and its connections with cities across the Greater Bay Area. These links create opportunities for young people to understand aviation through education, technology, transport, logistics and the developing low-altitude economy—not only through the cockpit.
Connecting learning with the Greater Bay Area
The discussion placed the visit within the wider direction of the National 15th Five-Year Plan. Official Greater Bay Area policy materials highlight deeper regional development, closer alignment in innovation and public services, and the continued importance of education, technology and talent. For students, the practical message was simple: understanding neighbouring cities, emerging industries and cross-boundary collaboration can help them make better-informed study and career choices.
The wider two-day tour was organised by the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), with participation from Mainland schools. HKPAPA was proud to support the visit by sponsoring and hosting its opening aviation session.
Aviation education through professional service
For HKPAPA, the visit reflected a core commitment: professional aviation knowledge should be shared in a way that is useful, responsible and inspiring. Volunteer pilots contributed their time so that students could meet aviation professionals directly, connect classroom learning with real training environments and see that progress in aviation begins with curiosity, discipline and continued learning.
Welcoming more than 100 students also demonstrated what can be achieved when organisers, schools, educators and industry professionals work together. HKPAPA looks forward to supporting further education and youth exchanges that help students across the Greater Bay Area understand aviation and the opportunities developing around it.
Policy reference
HKSAR Greater Bay Area Development Office — April 2026 Commissioner’s Message
