Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) held an annual crash exercise on 20 November 2009 to test its emergency response capability. The exercise, which involved sea, land and air operations, mobilised over 1,200 participants from the Airport Authority, airlines, government departments and other organisations to simulate an incoming flight crashed on landing at 0500 hours. Large-scale rescue work swung into action immediately.

The Automated People Mover (APM) shuttles passengers between Terminal 1 (T1) and Terminal 2 (T2).

In order to extend the APM service to the permanent SkyPier, which is scheduled to open by end-2009, the airport added eight new APM cars in July 2009. With a total length of 3.8 km, the extended APM system will provide passengers with efficient, reliable and comfortable transportation between the pier and T1, which will only take four minutes when it starts operating.