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- Cathay crew spent more than 62,000 nights in quarantine hotels.
- Over 1,000 of Cathay staff (mostly aircrew) have spent over 11,000 nights in the Penny’s Bay quarantine facility.
Cathay crew (all fully vaccinated) took over 230,000 COVID-19 tests in 2021, with only 16 positive cases despite flying continuously to many of the highest-risk countries in the world
Cathay’s low-cost carrier HK Express today announced the launch of its new corporate identity and brand positioning, “Gotta Go”, together with a series of refreshed brand assets across its website, mobile apps, key visuals, uniforms, and aircraft livery.
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
29 Dec 23-1 Jan 24 (Tentative)
If your flight is cancelled, Cathay will rebook you onto the next available flight. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
Lesson learnt from
#JL516
: In an emergency evacuation, LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND. Follow the crew's instructions and immediately proceed to the nearest usable exit.
@ReginaIplau
Maybe consider shortening inbound quarantine (and allowing home quarantine) as well. It makes no sense when vaccinated close contacts have a shorter period than multiple-tested inbound travellers. We need to help people working in the aviation industry who has suffered for years!
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
10-13 January (Tentative)
Cathay Pacific will rebook your flight to the next available flight if your flight is cancelled. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
NEW: Cathay Pacific CX880 Hong Kong to Los Angeles Boeing 777-300ER B-KPQ evacuated due to suspected tailwheel malfunction.
18 people were reportedly injured, and multiple ambulances have arrived at the scene.
(Otis Ma)
If:
(1) PCR test positive (HKIA or during DQH stay)
(2) viral load low
(3) previous infection within 90 days
→ Department of Health will examine whether the person is a confirmed case
If not:
• allowed to stay in DQH for quarantine
• no need to be transferred to CIF
China Eastern Airlines flight MU721, from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hong Kong, operated by an Airbus A330-300 (B-8970) originally scheduled to land at Hong Kong International Airport at 10:50 am, has been diverted to Xiamen for further inspection.
Video: Liam_1990 Weibo
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
15-18 January (Tentative)
Cathay Pacific will rebook your flight to the next available flight if your flight is cancelled. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
Hong Kong's being included in Blackpink World Tour '
#BornPink
' is an amazing sign of the recovery of normal travel, following earlier announcements on reducing hotel quarantine.
Still, Hong Kong must open up promptly to unveil its full potential.
#Blackpink
#blackpinkworldtour
Cathay will be offering over 100,000 discounted Economy class seats to over 30 destinations with fares from HKD1,220 for travel from January to June 2024.
Book with the discount code “CX24FARES” now using this link:
Cathay Pacific today released its traffic figures for July 2023, which show that together with HK Express, the Cathay Group as a whole surpassed the milestone of having carried more than two million passengers in a month for the first time since the pandemic.
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
2 January 2024-7 January 2024 (Tentative)
Cathay Pacific will rebook your flight to the next available flight if your flight is cancelled. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
Cathay ends closed-loop arrangement for aircrew.
Aircrew is no longer required to remain at a hotel during their layover in the outport but will be subject to daily PCR testing upon arrival on days 1 to 4, however, their vaccine pass will remain blue.
From now on, int'l arrivals no longer need to undergo a mandatory quarantine at a DQH!
It marks the end of 922d (644d of hotel quarantine) of quarantine restrictions & symbolises the reopening of HK's border after nearly 3 years!
Goodbye
#quarantine
& it's time to
#FLYAGAIN
!
Latest: Starting from tomorrow
• All inbound travellers must conduct a PCR test on Day 3 of arrival.
• “Flight suspension mechanism” will be indefinitely suspended. All suspended flights may resume flights.
Cathay:
• 2024: Launching Aria Suite and all-new premium economy on B777-300ER
• 2025: New world-leading First Class on Boeing 777-9
• 2026: New regional product featuring flat beds in Business Class
• Exploring options for new mid-size widebody aircraft
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
29 December 2023 (Friday)
If your flight is cancelled, Cathay will rebook you onto the next available flight. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
Ronald Lam, the new CEO of Cathay Pacific Group announced
#Cathay
will be allocating twice as many seats per flight that can be redeemed with your miles this year as there were in 2019, so you can go further with your miles.
Cathay will be offering over 100,000 discounted Economy class seats to over 30 destinations with fares from HKD1,220 for travel from January to June 2024.
Book with the discount code “CX24FARES” now using this link:
New arrival procedure:
1. 24 hours before: Health declaration form and rapid antigen test → Green QR code
2. On arrival PCR test (“test-and-go”)
3. Daily rapid antigen test until Day 5
4. Day 2 PCR test
3-day medical surveillance (amber code) is no longer required.
Hong Kong International Airport experienced a suspected computer system failure, causing airlines to be unable to process check-in procedures.
A large number of passengers were left waiting in the departure hall.
@tripperhead
@cathaypacific
A short-term solution is to increase the annual legal flying hour cap to 1000 hours, aligning with the practices in the UK and Australia.
Professor Yuen Kwok-yung et al in an article:
There are over 700,000 cases in Hong Kong, but the impact of imported cases is negligible. International flights should resume as soon as possible.
The new aircraft livery, which will be gradually rolled out across the airline’s fleet, will debut with the delivery of HK Express’ first Airbus
#A321neo
aircraft in the first half of 2023.
#gottago
#HKExpress
We welcome the government's decision to shorten inbound hotel quarantine. However, we are still falling behind our competitors on the resumption of normal travel. Hong Kong must open up promptly and return to normalcy to maintain its international status.
From May, the hotel quarantine period for local passenger flight crews will be reduced to three days, and the quarantine period for local cargo crews will be lifted: source
Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday reported HK$5.5 billion (US$703 million) in losses last year with services hammered by strict Covid-19 travel curbs, but its cargo business helped keep operations afloat.
Japan to impose restrictions on flights departing from Hong Kong, Macao and the Chinese Mainland from 30 December:
• prohibiting airlines from adding flights
• only allowing flights to land in one of four (Tokyo Narita, Haneda, Osaka Kansai, Nagoya Chubu) airports
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
8-9 January (Tentative)
Cathay Pacific will rebook your flight to the next available flight if your flight is cancelled. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
From 10 Jan until 28 Feb 2023:
ALL passengers from the SAR of Hong Kong and Macao must only enter the Republic of Korea via Incheon International Airport.
They are prohibited from transferring on domestic flights to other cities (ie. Jeju-do, Busan).
⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
#Reminders
(ENG)
African swine fever has been spread in Hong Kong, all baggage from Hong Kong and Macau has to be checked before immigration.
Carrying any meat product into Taiwan will be fined NT$200,000 and violation for the second time will be fined one million NTD.
A Chinese Mainland netizen alleged Cathay Pacific for “discriminating” non-English and Cantonese-speaking passengers.
A passenger asks for a blanket but incorrectly asks for “carpet” instead.
The cabin crew mocked the passenger while back in the galley, the netizen claimed.
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
30 December 2023 (Saturday)
If your flight is cancelled, Cathay will rebook you onto the next available flight. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
As we farewell 2022 and welcome 2023, we wish you all a happy new year!
As the world has opened up, we look forward to the return of a prosperous aviation industry in the new year.
Last but not least, we wish everyone safe flights in 2023!
We welcome the government's decision to suspend the suspend the route-specific flight suspension mechanism.
The quarantine requirements had little effect on public health but severely harmed Hong Kong's international reputation. Hong Kong must open up and return to normalcy.
Latest: Starting from tomorrow
• All inbound travellers must conduct a PCR test on Day 3 of arrival.
• “Flight suspension mechanism” will be indefinitely suspended. All suspended flights may resume flights.
@MarriottBonvoy
Gold, Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador Elite members upgrade to Cathay Silver upon successful registration:
• Unlimited access to
@cathaypacific
Business class lounges when flying with Cathay Pacific
• Business Class priority check in and boarding
According to Flyertalk, the new cabins on Cathay A330s will be getting new business class same as the A321neo and the new economy class same as the A350-1000s
- IFE screens not in 4K
- B-LA* and B-LB* series: C28Y265, C39Y223, C42Y265 will be all reconfigured to C24Y293.
Web reveals
@cathaypacific
#A321neo
Business Class
- Cabin layout: 2-2 with 12 total
- No flat beds
- Significantly more privacy than previous Regional Business Class Seat
- Uses
@CollinsAero
's AirRest seat (same with Oman Air's Business Class on Boeing 737 MAX 8)
Cathay will, with the Third Runway in commission, strive to increase the flight capacity to 70% of the pre-epidemic level by the end of 2023, and have a full resumption by the end of 2024.
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has announced a loss of HK$4.99 billion (US$641 million) in the first half of 2022, 33.9 per cent down from the same period last year amid a strong rebound in passenger flights.
Based on the latest advice from the Japanese authorities, Cathay Pacific will be able to continue operating flights to all airports in Japan, including Tokyo (Narita and Haneda), Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo.
Arrivals may now use self-paid DQH Taxis to travel between Hong Kong International Airport and their quarantine hotel.
Passengers will have to pay for the metered fares and any additional charges applicable.
There are 100 DQH Taxis at the moment.
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
8-9 January (Tentative)
Cathay Pacific will rebook your flight to the next available flight if your flight is cancelled. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
Cathay Pacific Flight Cancellations
30 December 2023 (Sunday)
If your flight is cancelled, Cathay will rebook you onto the next available flight. Pay close attention to Manage Booking to check your new flight details.
Hong Kong eases testing requirements for arrival.
Day 4 and 6 PCR tests will be scrapped from next week, meaning arrivals only have to undergo PCR tests on arrival and on Day 2 only.
Arrivals who arrive today are not required to undergo the Day 4 and Day 6 tests.
Cathay CEO Ronald Lam:
• refurbished Boeing 777-300ER will feature the all-new 'Aria' Suites and new Premium Economy Class cabin
• provide complimentary WiFi access to all Diamond members and Business Class passengers
Latest adjustment to inbound restrictions (from 1 June):
1. flight suspension due to non-compliance with boarding conditions (paperwork), within a 10-day period:
1st breach:
• a warning and a $20,000 fine, or a 5-day suspension
2nd breach:
• 5-day suspension
During the winter peak ski season from 19 December 2023 to 19 February 2024, Cathay Pacific will be operating two daily flights between Hong Kong and Sapporo (CTS), Japan, using the B777-300 (77P) aircraft, with a maximum capacity of 438 seats.
That time was the most glorious time of BA.
Now, the best seat for business travellers were on another airline!
Hope the new Business Class seat is revolutionary as before!
Cathay has reintroduced “Love’s Theme” as their landing music playlist, music used as landing music and advertisement backdrops in Cathay’s glorious days.
After a dedication ceremony on 1 July 1998, then Chinese President
#JiangZemin
became the first passenger to fly from the new airport. Eight hours later, Air Force One landed, making US President Bill Clinton the first passenger to arrive.