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A word of thanks

We’re deeply grateful to our people who have given their time, energy and dedication throughout the pandemic
By Cathay / 09 Nov 2021
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Cathay Pacific cabin crew with suitcases walking through Cathay City lobby.

We’d like to say thank you. Thank you to all of our employees who worked so hard in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a difficult time for everyone and the work we did mattered more during this time than ever.

From our crew members who operated in the “Closed Loop” roster system, spending weeks at a time without seeing friends or family, to those who worked behind the scenes to implement new measures like our Fly Ready portal, these efforts were vital in keeping us all connected to the world.

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Hear it from them: our people share their stories of challenges, hardships, triumphs, hope and resilience throughout the pandemic.

With a large reduction to our flight schedule, we protected more than 70 of our planes in Alice Springs, in the Australian desert. Pearl Sau, Line Maintenance Operations Manager and Benjamin Connell, Regional Engineering Manager Southwest Pacific, explain how our teams took on this unprecedented challenge.

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What our people did

62,000 nights

spent in quarantine hotels in 2021

2,600+ colleagues

operated in the Closed Loop system

230,000+ COVID-19 tests

taken by cockpit and cabin crew in 2021, with just 16 positive cases

100%

vaccination status of colleagues

Why it matters

Achieving these figures simply would not have been possible without so many of our employees stepping up to the challenge with their can-do spirit and consummate professionalism. They have our respect and our admiration. Thank you for never giving up.

717,059 passengers

connected to their loved ones: people flown by Cathay Pacific in 2021

143,000 tonnes

of fresh fruits, vegetables and perishable goods shipped globally by Cathay Pacific Cargo in 2021

5 million Rapid Antigen Test kits

flown from the Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong by Cathay Pacific Cargo in February 2022

165 million+

doses of life-saving vaccine shipped around the world by the end of 2021

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