It looks like they are cancelling a lot more. They also said they would reduce their capacity to Mainland China by 90%, and that seems to be accurate.
Cathay said they would reduce their flights by 30% due to the virus outbreak, but….
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Keep on reading!Cathay Pacific Group Releases Combined Traffic Figures for December 2019
The Cathay Pacific Group released recently the combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for December 2019 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2018.
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Keep on reading!2020 look-ahead
As I have just completed my 2019 review, I am realizing how far behind I am in my collecting of memories of my travels last year, so this year I will really try to speed up the posting.
Although I have been able to complete some of the posts I was planning to, I see that the job ahead of me is quite tremendous, as I am just starting to realize how much time it takes to just make one post. Good thing is that I don’t have a lot of travels planned in the coming month, so I should have some time to try to get up to speed…
Keep on reading!Cathay Pacific limits year-end bonus to 30.000 HKD
In recent years Cathay Pacific has followed the tradition of giving their staff a full months’ salary as a year-end bonus, but this year the bonus has been limited to ‘one months salary, or 30.000 HKD, whichever is less.’
Cathay Pacific has a total number of employees of about 27.000 people, and this announcement will affect a majority of them.
Keep on reading!Cathay Pacific releases combined traffic figures for October 2019
A bit late update for me this month, but a couple of weeks ago Cathay released their traffic numbers for October 2019, and for the third straight month there was a decrease in both flights and passengers compared to the year before. Most significant is the 35% decrease in inbound passengers for Hong Kong, although this was partially offset by a increase in transit passengers.
Keep on reading!Last Chance To Make Extra Miles on a Short Trip
Cathay Pacific and Amex short trip promotion is ending today, this is the last chance to earn a few thousand extra free Asia Miles.
Keep on reading!Cathay Pacific releases combined traffic figures for September 2019
Cathay Pacific Group last week released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for September 2019 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2018.
Keep on reading!Traffic numbers at Hong Kong International Airport continues to drop
In August traffic numbers at HKIA dropped by 3.5% compared to August the year before, and the numbers for September has just been released.
