The Cathay Group declares that it has achieved a vital milestone by carrying greater than 100,000 passengers, essentially the most on a single day because the begin of its rebuild.
On 15 December 2024, Cathay Pacific and HK Express, the Group’s two passenger airways, carried a mixed whole of 100,856 passengers, surpassing the 100,000-passenger mark on a single day.
Since the milestone was first reached, the Group exceeded the 100,000-passenger mark on a whole of eight days throughout the year-end journey peak ending 31 December 2024.
Cathay Group Chief Executive Officer Ronald Lam mentioned: “We are thrilled to have concluded the yr 2024 on a excessive be aware with one more milestone. The previous yr noticed unprecedented progress and growth for the Cathay Group, due to our individuals’s dedication and efforts. In explicit, I want to lengthen my heartfelt due to our world frontline groups, who’ve been working tirelessly over the vacation interval to make sure that our prospects take pleasure in a clean journey as they discover new locations or reunite with their associates and households throughout the holidays.
“We are pleased to have successfully completed our two-year rebuilding journey, during which we were firmly focused on adding more flights and destinations for our customers and our home hub. A new chapter has now begun for Cathay.”
Cathay Pacific just lately resumed its seasonal service to Cairns, Australia and will probably be launching a number of long-haul routes in 2025, together with Hyderabad in India, Dallas within the United States, and Munich and Brussels in Europe. In addition, HK Express added Shizuoka, Japan to its community just lately and will probably be launching a new service to Sendai, Japan later this month.
Together as a Group, Cathay Pacific and HK Express have reached 100% of pre-pandemic flights from January 2025. It is projected that the 2 airways will function passenger providers to 100 locations world wide inside 2025, marking one other significant milestone for the Cathay Group.
With the commissioning of the Three-Runway System, Hong Kong has entered an thrilling new period. As the town’s residence airline, Cathay will proceed to contribute to Hong Kong’s standing as a world-leading worldwide aviation hub, connecting Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and the world.
