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NEWS CONCERNING CATHAY PACIFIC

27 October 2003 Cathay Pacific adds flights, destinations in winter schedule

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20 October 2003 Cathay Pacific to commence services to Beijing

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07 October 2003 Cathay Pacific wins this year's Avion award for the "Best Inflight Audio Entertainment" and "Best Inflight Video Programming – Short Haul"

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05 October 2003 Cathay Pacific adds new flights to enhance the winter schedule.

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08 September 2003 Cathay Pacific raised HK$5.54million in "Change for Good" programme during 2002 and 2003.

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02 September 2003

17:10HKT

 

 All Cathay Pacific flights arriving and departing Hong Kong will be suspended from 17:00HKT due to the arrival of Typhoon Dujuan until 03SEP03. At present (16:15HKT) Typhoon Cyclone Signal 8 is hoisted. Cathay Pacific's hotline is as following in Hong Kong- Chinese language: 2747 8888 English language: 2747 8999.

The following flights departing from and arriving into Hong Kong on 02 September are affected.
 
Flight No. Departing to Status Flight No. Arriving from Status
CX481 Seoul/Incheon Cancelled CX405 Taipei Cancelled
CX751 Bangkok Cancelled CX918 Manila Cancelled
CX402 Taipei Cancelled CX401 Taipei Cancelled
CX468 Taipei Cancelled CX716 Singapore Cancelled
CX715 Singapore Cancelled CX505 Tokyo Cancelled
CX464 Taipei Cancelled CX902 Manila Cancelled
CX405 Taipei Cancelled CX419 Seoul/Incheon Cancelled
CX905 Manila Cancelled CX702 Bangkok Cancelled
CX709 Bangkok Cancelled CX170 Perth Delayed to 2010/03SEP
CX462 Taipei Cancelled CX104 Melbourne Delayed to 2045/03SEP
CX111 Sydney Delayed to 0925/03SEP CX521 Tokyo Delayed to 1505/03SEP
CX107 Auckland Delayed to 0930/03SEP CX776 Jakarta Delayed to 1355/03SEP
CX753 Delhi Delayed to 1100/03SEP CX784 Denpasar Delayed to 1250/03SEP
CX103 Brisbane/ Cairns Delayed to 0930/03SEP 2055/03SEP CX507 Osaka Delayed to 1255/03SEP
CX105 Adelaide/ Melbourne Delayed to 1100/03SEP 2150/03SEP CX724 Kuala Lumpur Delayed to 1150/03SEP
CX749 Johannesburg Delayed to 1010/03SEP CX100 Sydney Delayed to 2220/03SEP
CX101 Sydney Delayed to 0920/03SEP      
CX289 Frankfurt Delayed to 1015/03SEP      
CX251 London/Heathrow Delayed to 0905/03SEP      
CX261 Paris Delayed to 1010/03SEP      
CX293 Rome Delayed to 1005/03SEP      

The following flights departing from and arriving into Hong Kong on 03 September are affected.

Flight No. Departing to Status Flight No. Arriving from Status
CX2052 Osaka Cancelled CX2043 Taipei Cancelled
CX2073 Singapore Cancelled CX2053 Osaka Cancelled
CX2042 Taipei Cancelled CX2074 Singapore Cancelled
CX907 Manila Cancelled CX748 Johannesburg Rerouted via Bangkok, ETA 1135
CX901 Manila Cancelled CX873 San Francisco ETA 1315
CX504 Tokyo Cancelled CX889 New York/ Vancouver ETA 0959
CX271 Amsterdam Delayed to 0950 CX881 Los Angeles ETA 1345
CX255 London/Heathrow Delayed to 1000 CX829 Toronto ETA 1030
CX717 Singapore Delayed to 1400 CX110 Sydney Delayed to 0425/04SEP
      CX752 Delhi ETA 2220
      CX102 Brisbane/ Cairns Delayed to 0830/04SEP
      CX104 Adelaide/ Melbourne Delayed to 0735/04SEP
      CX100 Sydney Delayed to 0425/04SEP

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27 August 2003 Cathay Pacific to operate full schedule by the end of September. Also extra flights will be added to the Auckland, Melbourne and Rome. The London route is now served by three flights daily.

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11 August 2003 July 2003 Traffic figures released.

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06 August 2003 Cathay Pacific announced the 2003 Interim Results reflecting the full impact by the outbreak of the atypical pneumonia (SARS) impacting passenger numbers devastatingly in the second quarter. Half yearly results ending 30 June 2003 is a HKD1,241million loss. Although passenger numbers fell dramatically in the 2nd Quarter, the 1st Quarter enjoyed strong passenger demand. Cargo had strong demand throughout the 2 quarters.

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28 July 2003 Cathay Pacific announce to operate 90% of full schedule in August. This restoration comes as passenger travels rebuild after the affect of SARS and the airline will restore all cancelled flights by the end of September bring back full schedule. In addition, 3 additional flights will be added to the London route bringing to three daily flights from mid August.

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09 July 2003 June 2003 Traffic figures released.

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04 July 2003 Cathay Pacific reduces staff special unpaid leave scheme by one week.

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27 June 2003 Cathay Pacific will restore its schedule to 71% of normal capacity in July.

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23 June 2003 Cathay Pacific will soon restore full pre-SARS schedule. Cathay Pacific will also give out over 10,000 tickets to the Hong Kong Tourism Board to rebuild Hong Kong's tourism industry.

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23 June 2003 Hong Kong has been removed from the list of areas with recent local transmission of SARS.

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13 June 2003 May 2003 Traffic figures released.

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12 June 2003 Cathay Pacific and oneworld alliance partner, Qantas announced the introduction to a new code-share arrangements on flights between Hong Kong and Rome.

This code-share, subject to government approval, will be a unilateral arrangement where Qantas will but its airline code "QF" on Cathay Pacific's flights between Hong Kong and Rome. The commencement date is scheduled for 9 September 2003. Flights operate from Hong Kong on a four times weekly bases leaving Hong Kong at 2345 for a Rome arrival at 0705 on the next day. Flights depart Hong Kong every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. With this code-share, Qantas customes can fly to Hong Kong from Australian destinations on Qantas flights and connect with Cathay Pacific's flights to Rome.

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11 June 2003 Cathay Pacific announced that from July, the airline will operate 71% of its full schedule across its network to meet the expected rise in demand over the summer. This will see around 170 flights per week being restored over the CX network. Up to 700 weekly flights will be operated by Cathay Pacific in July, up from around 530 during April.

As from July, a number of flights will be restored to the following destinations: New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Tokyo, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Seoul, Taipei, Manila, Denpasar, Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Bangkok, Bahrain, Dubai, Karachi, Johannesburg, Rome, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris and London.

Also, 13 of the currently parked aircraft will be brought back into service with the increased number of flights. However, 9 aircraft will remain parked.

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27 May 2003 Cathay Pacific is offering "Take Off With Hong Kong World Pass" which offers packages of discount fares to more than 40 cities worldwide. The packages offer combinations of up to three long-haul and short-haul flights to travellers wishing to travel in both Business and Economy Class. Passengers wishing to travel First Class maybe upgraded at an additional fee. This package represents a discount of up to 45% off peak season summer fares.

The special tickets will be sold between 28MAY03 and 09JUN03 where travel must be completed by 30NOV03. Destinations offered are most of the cities served by Cathay Pacific and the same city may be visited more than once.

Members of the Marco Polo Club and Asia Miles may accrue extra Asia Miles by commencing travel before 30JUN03.

Fare range from HKD7,880+tax for 1 long-haul and 1 short-haul round trip tickets in Economy Class to HKD68,880+tax for 3 long-haul round trip tickets in Business Class.

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13 May 2003 April 2003 Traffic figures released.

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30 April 2003 "We Love HK" campaign starts tomorrow. Cathay Pacific's initiation to begin this campaign begins on 01MAY03 in effort to help Hong Kong's economy recover from the effect of SARS. Cathay Pacific is offering 2000 round-trips airfares to various Asian Destinations for just HKD1000. Many other airlines as well as retailers and restaurants have joined since.

For full details, please click here. Website for the campaign- http://www.welovehongkong.com. Source: Cathay Pacific.

 
22 April 2003 Cathay Pacific made another round of flight reduction bringing to flights cancellation of 218 flights weekly or a 45% flight reduction. Cathay Pacific will also resume services to Kuala Lumpur with one flight daily. CX721/0 will operate daily to Kuala Lumpur only at a retimed schedule to allow connection services from Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo. This flight will resume on 24APR03 following the Malaysian Government's removal of travel restrictions on Hong Kong citizens.

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17 April 2003 Cathay Pacific has been granted rights from Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) in Hong Kong for flying to Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen. The licences will enable Cathay Pacific to fly three times a day to Beijing, three times a day to Shanghai and three times a week to Xiamen.

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16 April 2003 Cathay Pacific announced that all Freighter Schedule is unaffected by the disruption in travel patterns. However, reduction in passenger flight service resulted in a 15% loss in cargo hold network wide. Currently, there's no cargo backlog at terminal operators and no cargo disruption at Hong Kong International Airport.

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15 April 2003 Cathay Pacific released traffic figures for March 2003 which showed the impact on business from the combination of the outbreak of atypical pneumonia and the war in Iraq. During March 2003, CX carried 915,741 passengers, down from 974,108 passengers in February 2003 and 13% down from March 2002. Passenger load factor also fell to 66.4% (16.7% points down from March 2002)

On a positive note, Cathay Pacific carried 81,010 tonnes of cargo, up from 62,155 tonnes in February and up 1.8% comparing to March 2002.

For full details, please click here. Source: Cathay Pacific.
 
14 April 2003

Cathay Pacific is in full support to a move made by the Hong Kong Government to introduce additional precautionary measures for passengers departing from Hong Kong International Airport. Under the new initiative, all departing passengers will be given a temperature check before passing through Immigration by using ear thermometers at special counters inside the airport. This move is aimed to curb further spread of SARS by preventing infected passengers from leaving Hong Kong.

For full details, please click here. Source: Cathay Pacific.
 
12 April 2003 Cathay Pacific has no plans currently to stop its operation at any future date. Although 42% of the Cathay Pacific's schedule had been cancelled, Cathay Pacific is maintaining its network and provide as much scheduled services as possible.

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11 April 2003 Cathay Pacific issued a profit warning to shareholders advising that results from the first half of 2003 are expected to be adversely affected by the sharp fall in passenger demand in travel.

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11 April 2003 Cathay Pacific announced its third round of temporary flight reduction due to weakened demand since 31 March 2003. 19 destinations have been affected with 184 weekly services cut correlating to a 37% reduction in the normal weekly schedule.

Destinations affected are: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Denpasar, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Paris, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo and Vancouver

Flights affected can be found in the CX Flight reduction page.

For full details, please click here. Source: Cathay Pacific.
10 April 2003 Cathay Pacific suspends all scheduled flights to and from Malaysia following the Malaysian's government's decision to impose stringent via requirements to Hong Kong people entering the country. This reduced the demand for travel into Malaysia dramatically. Affected flights are CX721/720, CX723/724 and CX725/722. All flights are suspended until further notice.

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09 April 2003 Information regarding Cathay Pacific's response to atypical pneumonia announced.

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04 April 2003 Further temporary flight reductions will take place for the period of April until end of May 2003 due to weakening passenger demand. Majority of the reduction will be to regional routes. However, 3 long haul destinations are also affect which are London (2 less flights per week), Los Angeles (reduced to one daily flights from the current two) and Melbourne (2 less flights per week). Long haul reduced flights are planned to resume service in May. The total reduction represents a 14% reduction in system-wide weekly passenger capacity, or a 23% reduction in the number of flights operated each week by Cathay Pacific. About 108 flights have been withdrawn from Cathay Pacific's weekly schedule. The flight reduction is listed on the following table.
Destination Flight No. Day of Week From* To*
London CX253/252 2,3 09APR03 28APR03
Los Angeles CX880/883 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 13APR03 30APR03
Melbourne CX135/134 2,3 09APR03 30APR03
Seoul CX418/411 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 09APR03 29MAY03
Taipei CX460/461 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 09ARP03 31MAY03
  CX464/403 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 09APR03 31MAY03
  CX470/471 5 15APR03 31MAY03
  CX408/465 1,2,3,4,6 15APR03 31MAY03
  CX406/467 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 15APR03 31MAY03
Tokyo CX500/501 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 09APR03 31APR03
  CX520/521 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 06MAY03 31MAY03
Bangkok CX709/708 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 09APR03 31MAY03
Singapore CX715/710 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 31MAR03 31MAY03
  CX735/734 4,6,7 03APR03 31MAY03
  CX736/737 2,3,4 10APR03 31MAR03
Jakarta CX777/776 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 09APR03 31MAY03
Denpasar CX785/784 3 01MAY03 31MAY03
Manila CX907/906 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 10APR03 31MAY03
  CX913/912 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 01APR03 31MAY03
Kuala Lumpur CX725/722 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 03APR03 28MAY03

* Exceptions apply.

For full details, please click here. Source: Cathay Pacific.

 
02 April 2003 Due to the recent outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, all passengers travelling on CX flights will be screened and interviewed during check-in as well as being screened during boarding.

Masks are provided onboard to all passengers on all flights.

High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters are installed on all CX aircraft which removes virtually all contaminants in the air such as bacteria and large viral particles. Cabin air volume is exchanged entirely every 3 minutes. The low humidity in the cabin is inhospitable to germs.

All CX aircraft are cleaned with an effective disinfectant approved by CX's Engineering Department. All interior surfaces are cleaned when an aircraft makes transit stop and/or layover. All procedures are in full compliance with guidelines laid out by World Health Organisation and Hong Kong Department of Health. All CX aircraft are cleaned more thoroughly on a weekly basis and also undergo a "Super Clean" on a regular basis. All CX flights leave with fresh headrest covers, pillowcases, blankets and headsets and are laundered at high temperature in Hong Kong.

For full details, please check the Health Advisory page from Cathay Pacific. Source: Cathay Pacific.


 
31 March 2003 Cathay Pacific will be reducing flights temporarily on its regional services from mid-April until 31MAY03. This comes as passenger loads softens mainly due to the SARS outbreak in Asia. Cities concerned are Taipei (TPE), Tokyo (NRT), Singapore (SIN), Denpasar Bali (DPS), Jakarta (JKT), Manila (MNL), Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Bangkok (BKK). For full details, please click here. Source: Cathay Pacific.

 

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