Cathay Flies Only 797 Passengers a Day as Covid Squeeze Persists
- Hong Kong carrier flying at 2% of pre-Covid passenger capacity
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An aircraft operated by Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. takes off from the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China.
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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. expects to continue operating at about 2% of pre-pandemic passenger capacity as long as Hong Kong, battling a rapidly worsening Covid-19 outbreak, keeps virus restrictions in place.
Hong Kong’s main airline, which relies solely on international travel, carried 24,699 passengers in January, down 99.2% from the same month in 2019, prior to the pandemic. Numbers averaged just 797 a day, while the load factor was 40%.