The Cathay Pacific Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vocational Training Council (VTC) of Hong Kong to jointly nurture a new generation of talent as the aviation industry’s growth picks up in the lead up to the completion of the Three-Runway System in Hong Kong. The ...

Cathay Pacific Group today released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for August 2019 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried, as protests in Hong Kong looked to have impacted figures. Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon flew 2,906,954 passengers last month �...

Cathay Pacific chairman John Slosar will retire at the conclusion of the next board meeting on 6 November 2019, becoming the latest senior management casualty at the Hong Kong airline. The airline’s board of directors has appointed Patrick Healy to succeed Slosar. Healy joined the Swire Group ...

Cathay Pacific Group said that recent events in Hong Kong did not substantially impact the passenger business, but it anticipates much more of an impact on revenue in August and onwards. Anti-government protests and staff reportedly supporting the ongoing action, led to a major overhaul of the c...

Cathay Pacific Airways has appointed Mandy Ng as the new CEO of HK Express with immediate effect, as part of the top-tier management shake-up of the airline group over the last few days. She takes over from former CEO Ronald Lam who is now Cathay Pacific chief customer and commercial officer. La...

Cathay Pacific Airways said yesterday (18 August) it was investigating online rumours about an anonymous letter said to be from its employees, giving support for the ongoing anti-government protests in Hong Kong. The airline has come under intense pressure from Beijing, after some of its staff s...

Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Rupert Hogg has resigned, according to reports in China and the airline’s board has accepted his resignation. Paul Loo, the chief customer and commercial officer of Cathay who was one of Hogg’s deputies, has also stepped down. Augustus Tang Kin-wing, 60, CEO of ...

The Cathay Pacific Group returned to profit in the first half of the year as it made HK$1.34 billion for the six month after posting a HK$263 million loss last year. Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon reported an attributable profit of HK$615 million in the first half of 2019, compared to an attri...

Cathay Pacific Group airline Cathay Dragon will start two new seasonal routes from Hong Kong to Niigata and the return of flights to Tokushima. The twice-weekly service to Niigata starts 30 October 2019 and runs until 28 March 2020 subject to regulatory approval, using a two-class Airbus A330 ai...

Cathay Pacific Group today released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for June 2019 that show a six per cent increase in the number of passengers carried on the same month in 2018. Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon flew 3,100,132 passengers last month – an increase of si...

Cathay Pacific is reopening its newly renovated Shanghai Pudong Cathay Pacific Lounge today (18 July) marking the introduction of the airline’s lounge design to mainland China for the first time. Cathay Pacific said it is “moving beyond” for its customers with a superior experience at ever...

American Airlines and Cathay Dragon have signed a codeshare agreement adding service to four new destinations and increased service to three existing markets for the US carrier in Southeast Asia. American will place its code on select flights of the Cathay Pacific Group subsidiary from Hong Kong...

The Cathay Pacific Group has reported a vastly improved financial performance in 2018 as a restructuring plan initiated pays off. Last year, the group, which includes Cathay Pacific and low-cost arm Cathay Dragon, posted an attributable profit of HK$2.34 billion (US$299 million) for 2018, compar...

Cathay Pacific Group airlines Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried 35.4 million passengers in 2018 – 1.9 per cent more than 2017 – as new routes drove growth. The passenger load factor across the combined networks reached 84.1 per cent, 0.3 percentage points down on the previous year, whi...