Trade a face mask for an eye mask?
Cathay Pacific Airways has given premium passengers the OK to remove their face masks while reclined to a flat position. The Hong Kong-based airline is citing the spacious, partitioned seating design of its first- and business-class cabins to OK the change. A passenger flying first-class with Cathay Pacific, pictured. (Cathay Pacific Airways)
The airline informed crew of the update in an internal memo circulated Friday, reports Executive Traveller, a travel and review website geared toward business-class passengers. In the memo, Cathay Pacific reportedly stipulated that the PPE can be taken off when a passenger is lying flat in business or first class.
Destination DC Collaborates with Cathay Pacific Airways and Washington Dulles International Airport on Nonstop Service to Hong Kong
(Washington, DC) - Destination DC (DDC), the official marketing organization for Washington, DC, is proud to collaborate with Cathay Pacific Airways and Washington Dulles International Airport on the new nonstop service from Dulles International Airport to Hong Kong beginning September 16, 2018.
“In Washington, DC, we are happy to host millions of tourists every year, and with the addition of these nonstop flights, we look forward to welcoming more travelers and business from Hong Kong and across Asia,” said Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser. “Tourism plays a vital role in supporting local businesses and creating jobs for our residents, and it has helped make DC’s economy one of the strongest local economies in the country. These flights are a tremendous opportunity to build on our progress and expand our reputation as one
Hong Kong stock market finished session deep in the red on Thursday, 28 January 2021, joining the sell-off in global markets, on tracking negative lead from Wall Street overnight after the Federal Reserve flagged a potential slowdown in the economic recovery.
At closing bell, the benchmark Hang Seng Index declined 2.55%, or 746.76 points, to 28,550.77. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index dropped 2.72%, or 317.21 points, to 11,334.03.
U.
S. stocks suffered their biggest single-day percentage drop in three months on Wednesday, with concerns about the impact of new, more contagious coronavirus strains, vaccine delays and stimulus uncertainty weighing on the markets.
Sentiments were also dampened by the US Federal Reserve, which left borrowing costs unchanged at its policy meeting, without promising any fresh monetary stimulus to counter the economic slump caused by the raging Covid-19 pandemic. The US economy was still a long way from full recovery and short of the inflation and
By Rory O Neill
More than half of the world s airline pilots aren t flying anymore.
Reuters reports that a survey of pilots in the UK found 43-percent are doing the job they were trained to do while 30%are unemployed, 17% furloughed and 10% have jobs that keep them on the ground.
Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong cut pilot pay by 58% and Turkish Airways and Singapore Airlines have also cut salaries.
Before the pandemic there was a global shortage of pilots and the demand for aviators pushed up their salaries and working conditions.
The pilot who have kept their jobs say COVID-19 is causing in credible stress as they face scattered rules country by country and the possibility of being quarantined during normal flight rotations.
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