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Cathay Pacific Airways cancelled 21 flights scheduled for Monday, which is far more than the number of cancellations earlier announced by the company.
According to the Hong Kong International Airport’s website today, 11 arriving and 10 departure flights had been cut by 11.30 am.
The Hong Kong giant airline announced on Sunday that it planned to reduce to an average of 12 flights a day until the end of February to better plan well for the Lunar New Year smooth services.
The airline assured the passengers involved that they would be offered convenient alternative flying times or refunds.
The flight routes that were cancelled on Monday included Singapore, Dubai, Beijing, Seoul, Bangkok and Vancouver.
The airline also reported the cancellation of at least 10 departing and 9 arriving flights on Sunday.
A written message by the airline authority earlier explained that many pilots had worked hard throughout the year and were reaching their limit of 900 flying hours per year.
Also, some of the Cathay Pacific pilots earlier said that flight cancellations might persist due to the shortage of experienced cockpit crew, expressing concerns about possible safety issues triggered by fatigue via SCMP.
The company reported before that it targeted to fully back to pre-pandemic passenger flight capacity by the end of 2024.
According to the Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association, Cathay had 2,532 pilots as of last month, compared with 3,885 in the fourth quarter of 2019, a nearly 35 per cent decrease.
國泰航空取消週一原定21班航班
國泰航空取消了原定週一的21個航班，遠多於該公司早期宣布的取消數量。
根據香港國際機場今天的網站顯示，截至上午11時30分，11個抵港航班和10個離港航班已被削減。
這家香港大型航空公司週日宣布，計劃在2月底前將航班減少至平均每天12個航班，以便更好地規劃農曆新年的順暢航班。
該航空公司向相關乘客保證，他們將獲得方便的替代飛行時間或退款。
週一取消的航線包括新加坡、杜拜、北京、首爾、曼谷和溫哥華。
該航空公司還報告稱，週日至少有 10 趟出發航班和 9 趟抵達航班被取消。
航空公司當局早些時候的書面資訊解釋說，許多飛行員全年都在努力工作，已經達到每年900飛行小時的上限。
此外，部分國泰機師早前透過《南華早報》表示，由於缺乏經驗豐富的駕駛艙機組人員，航班可能會繼續取消，並對疲勞可能引發的安全問題表示擔憂。
該公司先前曾報道稱，目標是在 2024 年底前全面恢復疫情前的客運航班運力。
根據香港空勤人員協會統計，截至上個月，國泰航空擁有2,532名飛行員，較2019年第四季的3,885名飛行員減少近35%。
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