Hong Kong Airport leads world with autonomous vehicle fleet

2026-02-11T08:45:00

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Hong Kong International Airport has become the world’s first airport to deploy fully autonomous vehicles at scale in live apron operations, with over 70 driverless vehicles now operating across airside and preparing to extend services to landside passenger transport on public roads.

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is the first airport in the world that deploys fully autonomous vehicles in live operation on the apron at scale, setting benchmark and standards that have been applied in other airports.

HKIA currently operates more than 70 driverless vehicles, including more than 56 autonomous electric tractors (AETs), eight patrol cars and six staff shuttle buses. They have run more than 3 million kilometres, equivalent to circumventing the earth 76 times.

HKIA is also the world’s first airport to deploy on all its autonomous vehicles the Level 4 autonomous technology, allowing the vehicles to operate safely in the complete absence of manual intervention in a designated environment, a big step forward from Level 3, where human supervision is required.

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