Cathay Pacific cancels several year-end flights over pilot illness; service to S’pore affected

HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd cancelled some year-end flights as a precaution after illness depleted its pilot ranks that were already diminished in the aftermath of Covid-19.

A “small number” of flights are affected, the airline said late Dec 28 in a statement. Cathay said it “experienced higher than anticipated pilot absence caused by seasonal illness” on some days this month.