Cathay Pacific to more than double flights to mainland China

CATHAY Pacific Airways will more than double its flights to mainland China to 61 return services a week from Jan 14 following the easing of Covid travel restrictions.

Cathay Pacific aims to operate over 100 return flights a week by March, it said in a statement on Thursday (Jan 5). The airline currently operates 27 flights a week from Hong Kong to the mainland, as well as 50 from the mainland to Hong Kong. 

Cathay Pacific was hit particularly hard by the pandemic, which left Hong Kong largely cut off from the rest of the world and saddled the carrier with record losses as it operated at just a tiny fraction of its usual capacity. 

The company expects to be at about 70 per cent of pre-pandemic capacity by the end of this year and return to pre-crisis levels by the end of 2024. BLOOMBERG