A man checks his smartphone while Cathay Pacific Airways planes park at the Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. The chief executive of Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said Monday there will be "disciplinary consequences" for employees involved in "illegal protests," as the airline joins a slate of businesses that have appeased and apologized to China in recent days over political flaps. - AP
PETALING JAYA: Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways has been warned that it risks losing mainland China’s huge market if it does not comply with the new safety requirements imposed by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
In an editorial on Sunday, Global Times of China said: “If the airline cannot guarantee compliance with the new regulatory demands on flight safety, its flights cannot be allowed to fly to or over the mainland. It will also have to face the snub of mainland passengers.”
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