Flights canceled in more Hong Kong airport chaos - CNN

Flight attendants walk past a display board covered with memos and posters at Hong Kong's international airport on Tuesday. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images

The latest showdown at Hong Kong's international airport is extremely concerning for businesses, says Davide De Rosa, chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

Prior to this week's disruptions, companies were already worried that the protests would tarnish Hong Kong's image as a global financial hub and a favored gateway to China.

Now that demonstrations appear to be blocking operations at the airport, "this particular action is having [an] echo all over the world," said De Rosa.

"It just simply doesn’t look good ... It's a very worrying situation for the businesses, or for the companies doing business in Hong Kong, and then for Hong Kong itself," he told CNN on Tuesday.