Neither Qatar Airways nor Cathay Pacific provided details on the transaction. Is it a matter of Qatar balancing its balance sheet? Or could Cathay Pacific consider defecting from the Oneworld alliance in favor of joining Air China in the Star Alliance?
Speaking to Skift in Hong Kong, Ronald Lam said substantial fleet growth is on the way, but the group isn’t interested in smaller aircraft – here’s why.
Hong Kong is a major aviation and logistics hub. A 36-hour suspension, or even a day of heavily curtailed operations, would ripple through global supply chains and connecting flights.
The bar is higher than ever. Analog feelings, sensory experiences, and things that have stood the test of hundreds of years have become all the more appealing.
With a network relying on global transit traffic through its Changi Airport hub, operating results at Singapore Airlines are a bellwether for the health of the wider industry.
Relegated to relative laggard status on the international stage in the post-pandemic years, Cathay is now making up for lost time with a multi-pronged transformation.