Cathay Pacific welcomes the Hong Kong SAR Government’s latest measures to facilitate travel to Hong Kong, especially the decision to remove the Amber Code restrictions under the Vaccine Pass for inbound persons entering Hong Kong, effective today, 14 December 2022.
We anticipate that we will be operating around 70% of pre-pandemic passenger flight capacity by the end of 2023, intending to return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024.
The adjustments will help further boost sentiment for travel, especially among inbound visitors, facilitating the resumption of travel activities and strengthening network connectivity at the Hong Kong aviation hub. As a Group, we are on track to achieve our target of operating up to one-third of pre-pandemic passenger flight capacity levels by the end of 2022.
The Cathay Pacific Group, which includes passenger airlines Cathay Pacific and HK Express, has already added about 3,000 passenger flight sectors in the fourth quarter of this year.
The Group remains fully committed to rebuilding the connectivity of the Hong Kong international aviation hub.
Meanwhile, HK Express resumed flights to Tokyo (Haneda), Chiang Mai and Da Nang in December, with services to Jeju and Busan in the pipeline for January. More popular destinations are set to be resumed in 2023, including Phuket and Nagoya in January.
This includes Cathay Pacific resuming flights to popular destinations such as Tokyo (Haneda), Denpasar (Bali) and Zurich in November, as well as Sapporo, Fukuoka, Penang and Dhaka in December.
Written by: William Trevan
