12,500 free Cathay Pacific tickets to HK for S’pore residents snapped up

The free flight giveaway for customers in Singapore is part of a larger “Hello, Hong Kong” campaign. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): All 12,500 free flight tickets to Hong Kong were snapped up within an hour of being released by Cathay Pacific, bringing a quick end to what was supposed to be a seven day-long giveaway.

The giveaway for free round-trip tickets, first announced by the Hong Kong flag carrier, kicked off at noon on Thursday (March 2), and was meant to last till March 8.