Another European airline suspends Hong Kong services
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MontysaurusParticipantGiven the recent reports elsewhere that HK is about to ban transit passengers from “high risk” countries, is this a step in the mainland government trying to shut down Cathay by bankrupting it? Perhaps I’m being paranoid.
11 Jan 2022
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IanFromHKGParticipant[postquote quote=1196529]
Let’s hope not, the HK government invested HK$40 billion of our money in CX!
12 Jan 2022
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MartynSinclairParticipantThese quarantine night numbers for CX aircrew are astonishing…
12 Jan 2022
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IanFromHKGParticipantAnyone who wants to see the video message referred to in the article can see it here
It’s quite powerful
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12 Jan 2022
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stevescootsParticipantSlamming CX over is perfect for CL, this diverts away from the HKG having its own Boris moment and continues the march of her masters de-colonisation demands. I wonder if that huge Govt bailout came with strings attached in the event of bankruptcy, and since when has any govt cared about taxpayers’ cash when it comes to political aims.
If only Boris could blame BA….12 Jan 2022
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FormerBAParticipant[postquote quote=1196611]
Very telling that “everything Cathay Pacific does, is in the service of Hong Kong,” and not their passengers or customers! That’s a very different approach and there is no doubting why.
Patrick Healy has given a calm but robust, evidence backed critic of what Cathay has done, and it is clear that the actions of their crew have not contributed in any material way to the spread of Covid 19, in a part a small but important part of the country that delivered the virus to the world in the first instance. A fact we should not forget!
230,000 test and less than 25 positive case in a year, with 11 of those in the last month, is an extraordinary success. The approach of the HK gov and that of Beijing, in trying to keep Covid out, is clearly futile. Travel restrictions are useful to protect health services but only where they are used to increase vaccination rates and provide protection to the general population. There has to be a point where those who willfully refuse vaccination are the ones who’s lives should be restricted, not the other 90%. Covid passes, robustly enforced have helped drive up vaccination rates in France and Europe more generally has limited the activities of the willfully un-vaccinated.
My next CX booked flight is not till July but as things look now I cant see that happening.
13 Jan 2022
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AMcWhirterParticipantToday’s update from AFP re HKG transit pax.
#UPDATE Hong Kong bans passengers from more than 150 nations transiting its airport as China ramps up strict anti-virus travel measures ahead of the Winter Olympicshttps://t.co/VVFy6OHXUo pic.twitter.com/bYUcIHsMog
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 14, 2022
14 Jan 2022
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TominScotlandParticipantFormerBA, a really interesting analysis in the Economist (paywall) of attitudes to the vaccine among older residents in Hong Kong and the possible consequences this might have, should the virus spread there. It is difficult to avoid mental images of Hans Brinker, the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dike……
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14 Jan 2022
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TominScotlandParticipantAlso an interesting piece on the challenges facing Cathay Pacific
17 Jan 2022
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IanFromHKGParticipant[postquote quote=1197237]
Carrie is quoted: “This has to be put under full investigation, and we will take legal action once we have the full evidence of what wrong they went into”.
So much for the presumption of innocence, that cherished institution of our common law, supposedly reinforced by Article 87 of the Basic Law. No doubt there will in due course be yet another government statement (there have been many) saying that the rights under the Basic Law are qualified and don’t apply in all circumstances…
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17 Jan 2022
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AMcWhirterParticipantYes it’s a cargo flight but here is how VS is circumventing the restrictions.
Starting today @VirginAtlantic will route its cargo flights to #HongKong via @DelhiAirport
The daily flight will stopover in #Delhi for a crew change. The DEL-HKG-DEL leg will be a turnaround flight for the crew to avoid arrival quarantine in HKG.#AvGeek @JournoDannyAero pic.twitter.com/HTMjAWCdGk— 𝐕𝐓-𝐕𝐋𝐎 (@Vinamralongani) January 18, 2022
18 Jan 2022
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IanFromHKGParticipantNot travel-related but I can’t resist sharing this story.
The government is encouraging anyone in HK who bought a hamster since 22 December (say, as a child’s Christmas present) to hand it over for testing.
In order to incentivise the populace in this regard, (a) the owners will be tested too and if they test positive they will be sent to quarantine, (b) if the hamster tests positive it will be killed, and (c) if the hamster tests negative it will be killed anyway! I can just imagine the queues as enthusiastic parents throng to take up the opportunity…
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19 Jan 2022
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Tom OtleyKeymasterExtraordinary.
And in other news from HK
Cathay offers pilots $3,700 bonuses to endure Hong Kong restrictions
19 Jan 2022
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CathayLoyalist2ParticipantIanfromHKG, if that is the highest level of rational decision making in the HKG government, then “last one out please turn off the light”
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19 Jan 2022
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