Cathay Airways says training and aircraft bottleneck slowing Covid-19 recovery

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, Oct 16 (Bloomberg): Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. expects to fly one-third of its pre-Covid capacity by the end of the year, up from 25% previously projected as Hong Kong gradually loosens restrictions on travel, including lengthy mandatory quarantine stays.

The recovery will take time as Hong Kong’s main airline returns its fleet to service and trains staff after operating at as little as 2% of 2019 capacity for much of the pandemic.