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Cathay Pacific Group sees small signs of improvement in June
July 16th 2021
Cathay Pacific Group chief customer and commercial officer, Ronald Lam, said there were small signs of improvement in June, with flights to cities in mainland China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia experiencing an increase in demand. Read More » However, overall recovery continued to be affected by COVID-19 travel restrictions. Lam said Cathay operated about 8% of its June 2019 pre-pandemic capacity in June 2021. Lam said the company will progressively and cautiously add flights to its schedule. "Subject to travel restrictions being progressively lifted in Hong Kong and globally, we expect to operate approximately 30% of our pre-pandemic passenger capacity by the fourth quarter of 2021," Lam said in Cathay's monthly traffic report. “Vaccination is key to the easing of travel restrictions and quarantine requirements." Cathay flew 40,651 passengers in June, up 69.3% from 24,006 in May 2021. However, the June figure was 99.2% below 3.1 million flown in June 2019.
