Cathay Pacific to close crew base in Toronto

Recruitment drive: A file picture showing Cathay Pacific Airways passenger jets on the tarmac at Hong Kong’s international airport. The airline plans to recruit more than 1,000 cabin crew in Hong Kong this year. — AFP

SINGAPORE: Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd is closing its cabin crew base in Toronto as part of a business review, potentially affecting 120 workers in the Canadian city.

The Hong Kong-based airline is talking with the union to explore options for the employees, including opportunities in other locations, it said yesterday in an emailed response to a report in the South China Morning Post. The company currently doesn’t have plans to close other bases outside Hong Kong, it said.