Cathay Canceled 34 Flights as Pilots Fell ill
Cathay Pacific Airways, the flagship carrier of Hong Kong, announced the cancellation of another 28 flights. The pilots are not reporting to work this week. Cathay Pacific stopped flights to Beijing, Dubai, Delhi and London. Cathay on Friday said a “small number of flights” had been cancelled, after it experienced “higher than anticipated pilot absence caused by seasonal illness on certain days in December”. Pilots the Post spoke to said the problem of flight cancellations might persist because of the shortage of experienced cockpit crew. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, which has been struggling with flight cancellations during the holiday period, leaving passengers frustrated, admitted that the problem … Read more