Cathay Cancels Several Year-End Flights Over Pilot Illness
- Flights also impacted by pilots hitting annual flying limits
- Axes 14 flights Friday, or 11% of its Hong Kong departures
Cathay is axing 14 passenger flights on Friday, or around 11% of Hong Kong departures, according to airport data from Webb-Site.com.
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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. canceled some year-end flights as a precaution after illness depleted its pilot ranks that were already diminished in the aftermath of Covid.
A “small number” of flights are affected, the airline said late Thursday in a statement. Cathay said it “experienced higher than anticipated pilot absence caused by seasonal illness” on some days this month.