Cathay Pacific to further cut passenger capacity in May due to COVID-19

Cathay Pacific said Tuesday that the company will continue to reduce its capacity of passenger network to 3% in May amid the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Cathay Pacific and its subsidiary airline Cathay Dragon plan to operate a bare skeleton passenger flight schedule in May and June. In May, Cathay Pacific will operate two flights per week to London, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Sydney and Delhi; and three flights per week to Tokyo, Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore. Cathay Dragon will operate three flights per week to Beijing and Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur. Cathay Pacific said the two airlines will continue this skeleton passenger flight schedule for the first three weeks of June, while they intend to operate additional passenger flights from June 21 to June 30, which will increase the operating capacity in June to approximately 5% across the passenger network. Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of 311,128 passengers in March, a decrease of 90% compared to the same period last year. As for the first quarter this year, the two airlines carried 52% fewer passengers than they did in the same periods last year.<br/>