The more economical bus is E11. Its $21 from Sheung Wan. The A11 is designed for travellers (more comfy seats, space for luggage, etc) and its $40 from Sheung Wan.
EXX - Standard buses to airport
AXX - Special airport buses for travellers
The more economical bus is E11. Its $21 from Sheung Wan. The A11 is designed for travellers (more comfy seats, space for luggage, etc) and its $40 from Sheung Wan.
EXX - Standard buses to airport
AXX - Special airport buses for travellers
Tung Chung
DB
Park Island
Tsing Yi
Shamg Tseng/Tin Kau
GoldCoast
are the obvious locations
Then you also have (depends on your budget) Central and Kowloon Station -> and you take the Airport Express (but that really depends on your budget)
Whilst the airport express is expensive, I recently realised (sorry if its not news to anybody here) that they automatically apply a "same day return FREE" price when you use Octopus. It means if you go to the airport on AE, then return ON THE SAME DAY, the return is free. Maybe handy for airport workers or if you are just going to pick someone up.
Keep in mind also that some lower paid airport staff also get a commute subsidy paid extra by the company, on top of their salary, depending on who they work for. Some airline staff ( higher ranks ie Pilots, Senior airframe engineers etc ) also get taxi/car parking costs reimbursed/supplied paid for by the company too.
Aviation staff that have TRA id cards also get a special Octopus Card issued that has their photo id printed on the back that gives them a generous discount that normal commuters don't receive.
So it really depends on who they work for and what their level of entitlements are, as to what their commute costs will be, if any.
Last edited by Skyhook; 21-01-2011 at 11:27 AM.
Certainly the airport bus from the Gold Coast has some special scheme for Cathay staff ... they all have different coloured tickets to the "normal" ones and I have been told they are about 40% cheaper. Not sure if just Cathay or many airport workers.
the airport express takes you to directly to the departure level of the airport. If your office is not in the terminal, you might need to connect to one of the 'E' buses. Depending on your location, taking the 'E' bus from home might be just as fast as the airport express.