Cathay Pacific to resume 90% of usual schedule in August

Hong Kong airline HONG KONG (AP) - Cathay Pacific Airways said Tuesday it will resume 90 percent of its flight schedule by August and restore all of its services in September as it works to recover from the traffic slowdown caused by the SARS crisis. 

Cathay saw passenger traffic drop by 75 percent in May, compared with figures from a year earlier, and has been bleeding cash as it canceled thousands of flights, although the outlook for airlines has improved as Hong Kong emerges from the shadow of SARS.