Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has axed another 22 flights over an engine component failure uncovered in its Airbus A350 fleet, bringing the number of cancellations this week to 90. Confirming the Post’s report, the airline said 22 flights would be cancelled between Thursday and Saturday, and no further cuts were expected. The…
An Airbus SE A350 aircraft operated by Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. on the tarmac at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday confirmed it expects to return its Airbus A350 planes to service by the…
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways cancelled 32 flights to and from destinations in the region Tuesday a day after it was forced to ground its entire fleet of 48 Airbus A350s when a part in the Rolls Royce engine of one aircraft failed a short while into a flight to Zurich. File Photo by John…
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s flagship airline said Tuesday that it had found 15 aircraft with components that needed replacement after the in-flight failure of an engine part prompted it to inspect its entire Airbus A350 fleet. Cathay Pacific grounded 48 planes for the inspection, forcing it to cancel 24 round-trip flights on Tuesday and…
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350 aircraft at Kingsford Smith Airport on August 18, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., is the flag carrier of Hong Kong with its main hub being at Hong Kong International Airport. James D. Morgan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Rolls-Royce shares opened higher Tuesday, making up…
Cathay Pacific has said it identified 15 Airbus A350 aircraft that need component replacements after a part failed on one of its Rolls-Royce engines minutes after takeoff from Hong Kong on Monday. The airline said it expected to cancel 34 return flights through to Wednesday, when it would also provide details of any further service…
Paul Chan Mo-po, Hong Kong’s financial secretary, has said he wants to expand trade and investment with Australia beyond staples including lobsters and wine. Hong Kong’s financial secretary makes his first official visit to Australia in six years this month. His goal is to build on an already healthy trading partnership between the region and…
The two drivers, aged 48 and 53, were taken to Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for treatment of head and neck pain. About three minutes later and only 150 metres (492 feet) away, another taxi driver hit a wild pig near the Ocean Court residential blocks while driving from Ap Lei Chau Bridge…
A general view is showing a shopping mall in Hong Kong, on Aug. 1, 2024. Vernon Yuen | NurPhoto | Getty Images Hong Kong’s July retail sales fell 11.8% from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, reflecting the continued impact of the change in consumption patterns. Sales decreased to 29.1 billion Hong Kong dollars…
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. Stand News former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former…