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Cathay Pacific pays year-end bonus and completes Cathay Dragon integration
December 9th 2016
Despite a bleak outlook for 2017, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways this week said it would pay “eligible Hong Kong-based staff” a discretionary end-of-year bonus amounting to one month’s salary “in recognition of their dedication and contribution during the year, despite a very difficult financial environment and the major challenges that the airline continues to face”. Read More »
The airline also announced a 2% salary increment for all eligible non-managerial Hong Kong-based staff for 2017, but it will not be offering a salary increment for more senior staff.
Cathay last month concluded the integration of Cathay Dragon, previously operating as the standalone Dragonair brand. Check-in counters, luggage tags and all relevant signage now bear the new Cathay Dragon branding, which closely resembles the branding of Cathay. Aircraft are being repainted in the updated livery as they go into the repair and overhaul shop.
Other noteworthy updates from Cathay Pacific are a four-weekly Hong Kong-Tel Aviv A350 service from March 26 and the planned replacement of the A330 with the A350 on daily Hong Kong-Brisbane flights, also from March 26.
Cathay has received seven A350s since July, with no.8 of its type to be delivered in Hong Kong by year end. It flies the A350 to Auckland, Melbourne, Dusseldorf, London Gatwick, Paris and the regional destinations of Bangkok, Manila and Taipei.
