Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has cancelled at least four flights to the United States on Sunday ahead of the arrival of a monster winter storm, with more passengers expected to be affected on Monday.
Cathay stopped short of revealing the exact number of flights affected, saying only that it was “making a number of cancellations” to services between Hong Kong and the US from Saturday to Monday, including those to New York, Boston and Dallas.
“To assist affected customers, we are offering flexibility to customers to rebook their flights to alternative dates and waiving re-routing charges, allowing customers to adjust their travel plans easily,” a company spokesman said on Sunday morning.
According to the Hong Kong International Airport website, all three Cathay flights from Hong Kong to New York – CX 844 departing at 3.25am, CX 830 at 9.30am and CX 840 at 4.30pm – were cancelled as of 10.30am on Sunday. These were the only direct flights on the route.
Another Cathay flight, CX 812 bound for Boston and departing Hong Kong at 7.40pm on Sunday, was also listed as cancelled.
The cancellations also included flight CX 844 to New York scheduled to depart at 3.25am on Monday.
