Cathay Pacific aircrafts line up on the tarmac at the Hong Kong International Airport. The global airline's flying schedules have declined since the outbreak of the coronavirus. It will lay off 286 cabin crew based in the United States and furlough 201 pilots based in Australia and Britain, it said on Saturday (April 18) as the Covid-19 pandemic has virtually halted global travel. - AP
HONG KONG/SYDNEY: Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will lay off 286 cabin crew based in the United States and furlough 201 pilots based in Australia and Britain, it said on Saturday as the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has virtually halted global travel.
The carrier has grounded most of its planes because of falling demand, flying only a skeleton network in April and May to major destinations such as Beijing, Los Angeles, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Vancouver that makes up 3% of normal capacity.
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