Hong Kong International Airport will suspend all passenger flights for 36 hours from Tuesday evening, Qantas Airways said, as the Asian financial hub prepares for one of its strongest super typhoons in years. Hong Kong’s Airport will be closed from 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) on September 23 to 8 a.m. on September 25, Qantas said in a statement, adding that it would contact customers who are affected. A spokesperson for Airport Authority Hong Kong said it is closely monitoring the developments regarding the super typhoon, named Ragasa, and has commenced preparations to deal with the storm. Hong Kong’s Observatory said it would issue the lowest typhoon signal at noon on Monday, upgrading it to the second highest on Monday night between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. —Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru, Jessie Pang and Farah Master in Hong Kong; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Muralikumar Anantharaman