Cathay Pacific Dropped From Hong Kong's Hang Seng After Decades

  • Airline has lost almost half its market value since 2010 peak
  • Chinese developer, technology company to replace carrier
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. planes are parked at the Chek Lap Kok International Airport in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, July 3, 2009. The rise in jet fuel price this year may help Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific and Air China trim paper losses from wrong-way bets on oil.Photographer: DANIEL J. GROSHONG
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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is losing its decades-old membership of Hong Kong’s benchmark equity gauge as the city’s flagship carrier struggles to revive earnings.

The airline, in which Qatar Airways Ltd. just acquired a stake, will be dropped along with Kunlun Energy Co. as part of Hang Seng Indexes Co.’s quarterly review. Country Garden Holdings Co., a Chinese property developer, and Sunny Optical Technology Group Co., an Apple Inc. supplier, will replace them on the 50-strong measure, effective Dec. 4, according to an announcement by the index compiler.