Cathay to gradually add capacity in June, July

Cathay Pacific will slowly reinstate capacity in June and July, even as it expects capacity in the subsequent months to continue to be “substantially reduced”. This also marks the first time since the coronavirus outbreak emerged that the carrier will be adding capacity to its already-pared down network. For June, Cathay and sister carrier Cathay Dragon will operate 3.5% capacity, marginally higher than the 3% capacity operated in May. This will increase again in July, when both carriers will operate at approximately 9.4% capacity. Cathay group customer and commercial chief Ronald Lam stressed that the plans to reinstate capacity “remain contingent on the further relaxation of travel restrictions around the world and are subject to change”. Adds Lam: “We will continue to monitor demand and adapt our passenger schedule accordingly, though we expect we will be operating a substantially reduced schedule over the coming months.” <br/>