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Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:12   Danny Lee

Struggling Cathay Pacific offers Hong Kong pilots, cabin crew voluntary redundancy in fresh cost-cutting move

Cathay Pacific is offering its Hong Kong-based pilots, cabin crew and airport staff voluntary redundancy as part of severe cost-cutting, and warning that business is not improving under the “devastating impact” of the coronavirus pandemic.Hong Kong’s struggling flag carrier informed staff on Wednesday that a forecast of “no discernible improvement” in the short to medium term had prompted the company to ask them if they would leave voluntarily. The airline said it would continue to operate a…

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