CATHAY PACIFIC is proving to be a most robust airline with a record November in terms of revenue according to James Barrington, director sales and marketing, speaking at the Business Travel Show, Olympia, last week. ”During the worst of the SARS outbreak passenger boardings dropped from an average 40,000 daily to just 6,000. In cash terms this represents USD3m a day. We parked 20 aircraft, a quarter of the fleet.” Mr Barrington said that the airline was focussing much of its attention to China initially to Beijing, after a break of 13 years, with other destinations planned later this year. A non-stop Hong Kong ” New York Kennedy service will also be launched once minor technical and over-fly problems could be solved. A three-month lead-time was needed. As for London he confirmed a third daily flight in June, more than any other carrier on the route. The airline would also move into its own dedicated lounge in T3, equal too, if not better than, its award winning hospitality areas at Chep Lap Kop, Hong Kong.
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