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Airborne for 17 hours 50 minutes nonstop on the longest flight in world

March 30, 2022842 Views

Cathay Pacific plans to operate Hong Kong-New York flight via Atlantic route Cathay Pacific may be about to operate the world's longest commercial flight by redirecting its regular service to New York over the Atlantic -- a route that would steer clear of Russian airspace -- instead of taking its usual path over the Pacific. The Honk Kong based airlines has announced plans for the longest passenger flight in the world that will cover just under 9,000 nautical miles (16,668km, or 10,357 miles) in 16 to 17 hours. The airline will be rerouting its trans-Pacific New York City to Hong Kong flight over the Atlantic Ocean instead. While many airlines have avoided Russian airspace in the wake of the country's invasion of Ukraine -- many due to reciprocal air blockades -- Cathay sa...

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Cathay Pacific February figures still 99% behind pre-pandemic level

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March 14, 2022791 Views

Cathay Pacific airlines has released its traffic figures for February 2022 that continued to reflect the airline’s substantial capacity reductions in response to significantly reduced demand as well as travel restrictions and quarantine requirements in place in Hong Kong and other markets amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. Cathay Pacific carried a total of 31,253 passengers last month, an increase of 47.9% compared to February 2021, and a 98.9% decrease compared to the pre-pandemic level in February 2019. The month’s revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) increased 5.2% year-on-year, and were down 99% versus February 2019. Passenger load factor increased by 33.8 percentage points to 47.6%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), decreased by 69.4% year-on...

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Cathay returns to profit amid pain from new quarantine rules

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March 9, 2022459 Views

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd returned to profit in the second half of last year but has since been hamstrung by tough new quarantine rules for crew and said it is trying to boost cargo capacity as much as possible in an effort to cope. Hong Kong's flagship airline managed a profit of about HK$2 billion in the second half, thanks to cost cuts and strong cargo demand and pricing, even though it flew 85% fewer passengers than in 2020, when it was also affected by the coronavirus pandemic. That helped it book a slightly smaller-than-expected annual loss of HK$5.5 billion ($700 million) - also a big improvement from a loss of HK$21.65 billion the prior year. FILE PHOTO: A Cathay Pacific cargo plane carrying Fosun-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines prepares to dock at Hong Kong International Air...

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Cathay Pacific now brings wellness journeys

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

February 17, 2022314 Views

Also enjoy an exclusive health and wellbeing offering with Cigna Cathay Pacific is now diving into the wellness space with the launch of Cathay’s wellness journey. Cathay is also launching a strategic wellness and insurance collaboration with Cigna Hong Kong with the exclusive Cigna Cathay Premier Health Plan – the only insurance product where members can directly earn and use miles when purchasing through Cathay. Cathay and Cigna share respective visions to help people enhance their health and wellbeing. Both Asia Miles members’ voice survey by Cathay, and the Cigna 360 Well-Being survey have recently highlighted the importance of health and wellbeing for the people, who may find it difficult to prioritise their wellbeing in their busy lives. Cathay is also excited to open a...

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Cathay Pacific figures yet too far from pre-pandemic levels

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 24, 2022476 Views

Cathay Pacific has released its traffic figures for December 2021 together with an update on its performance in the year ended 31 December 2021, which continued to reflect the airline’s substantial capacity reductions in response to significantly reduced demand as well as travel restrictions and quarantine requirements in Hong Kong and other markets amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Traffic figures for December 2021 Cathay Pacific carried a total of 92,219 passengers in December 2021, an increase of 130.6% compared to December 2020, but a 96.9% decrease compared to the pre-pandemic level in December 2019. The month’s revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) rose 156.5% year-on-year, but were down 95.1% versus December 2019. In the full year of 2021, the number of passengers carried dro...

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Cathay Pacific still far-far away from pre-pandemic traffic levels

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December 14, 2021579 Views

Cathay Pacific carried a total of 70,047 passengers last month, an increase of 85.2% compared to November 2020, but a 97.3% decrease compared to the pre-pandemic level in November 2019. Hong Kong based airlines has released its traffic figures for November 2021 that continued to reflect the airline’s substantial capacity reductions in response to significantly reduced demand as well as travel restrictions and quarantine requirements in place in Hong Kong and other markets amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. The month’s revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) rose 87.1% year-on-year, but were down 96% versus November 2019. Passenger load factor increased by 8.2 percentage points to 26.8%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs), increased by 29.5%, but rem...

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Cathay Pacific first Asian carrier to bring HBO Max to every seat

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December 1, 2021935 Views

Cathay Pacific is premiering the HBO Max branded channel in Asia for the very first time, becoming the first airline in Asia Pacific to introduce HBO Max Originals to its seatback inflight entertainment (IFE) experience. Hong Kong’s home airline will debut the HBO Max brand starting 1 January 2022, bringing more than 200 hours of content in the first three months to every seat. The HBO Max library includes award-winning recent hits such as the first three seasons of Succession, as well as The White Lotus, The Undoing and Mare of Easttown, along with original series such as Friends: The Reunion, Hacks, Gossip Girl (2021) and The Flight Attendant, along with all-time classics including Sex and the City, The Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones, Band of Brothers and much more. Catha...

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Declining revenue, high cash burn rate compel airlines to cut jobs

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October 22, 2020548 Views

Decline in revenue-passenger kilometre and high cash burn rate are compelling various airlines to cut jobs. Now Cathay Pacific Airways is cutting over 5,000 jobs in Hong Kong and closing its Cathay Dragon brand. Cathay Pacific joins a growing list of airlines, which have been cutting jobs or plan to do so. Recently, Singapore Airlines and Qantas Airways reduced their workforce by 20% and 30%, respectively. Airlines across the globe are going through the most severe crisis that they have ever encountered. Compared to the impact of SARS on the aviation industry, the monetary impact of COVID-19 is expected to be 45-50 times higher. Animesh Kumar, Director of Travel and Tourism Consulting at GlobalData, a leading research and consulting company, said: “Several countrie...