According to a report by Hong Kong’s China News Service on August 7, Cathay Pacific Airways Group announced its interim results on the 7th. At the press conference, Chief Executive Officer Lin Shaobo said that in order to meet customers’ needs, cathay Pacific guarantees that all flights will have flight attendants who speak Mandarin as well as Cantonese and English.
Cathay Pacific held its interim results media briefing on August 7.
In response to questions from reporters, Lin said that more than 300 mainland flight attendants had been serving Cathay Pacific flights and that the number would increase to 500 by the end of this year, with more than 1,000 expected next year, the report said. Cathay is also looking for trainee pilots on the mainland and about 60 are training in Australia.
Cathay Pacific chairman he Yili said the group’s passenger flights had returned to pre-pandemic levels of 80 per cent and were expected to reach pre-pandemic levels of 100 per cent in the first quarter of next year. Cathay is adding 5,000 staff to its 29,000-strong workforce by the end of the year. The group’s passenger terminal will be increased to 100 next year.
Reported that Lin Shaobo expected that in October this year, Cathay Pacific’s flights between Hong Kong and the east coast of the United States will completely return to normal, with three daily flights to New York, one to Chicago, one to Boston. Starting next April, Hong Kong flights to and from the west coast of the United States will also be fully rebuilt, with three daily flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco, when fares will fall.