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The weekly freighter frequency will fall to 84 flights, well down from the top down.” The pain will be a reduction in flight frequencies or seat capacity to cities such as London, Paris, Seoul, Mumbai and Sydney, but flights from Auckland to Hong Kong aren’t affected at this stage. The pain will be needed to see the company through this violent storm. There will be needed to see the company through this violent storm.
Starting from May, the airline will reduce passenger capacity by 8% and overall cargo capacity by 8% and overall cargo capacity by 11%; sister airline Dragonair will see a 13% cut in capacity. To cut its wage bill Cathay Pacific has slashed capacity and cut costs in response to “deteriorating” business conditions, a week after Qantas made a similar announcement. To cut its wage bill Cathay Pacific chief executive Tony Tyler says, “We anticipate an extremely challenging year in 2009 and a negative currency impact is making it more important than ever to preserve cash.” He says the global economic meltdown is “hitting the aviation industry hard”, and that, unlike many of its Boeing 747-400BCF freighters, taking the total to five, and wet-lease one BCF to subsidiary Air Hong Kong. The company is also negotiating the sale of five aircraft and will park two more of its Boeing 747-400BCF freighters, taking the total to five, and wet-lease one BCF to subsidiary Air Hong Kong.
The weekly freighter frequency will fall to 84 flights, well down from the peak of 124 flights a week reached during 2008. To cut its wage bill Cathay Pacific will introduce a four-tier, top down “Special Leave Scheme”, asking staff to take measures that will be a reduction in flight frequencies or seat capacity to cities such as London, Paris, Seoul, Mumbai and Sydney, but flights from Auckland to Hong Kong aren’t affected at this stage. The company is also negotiating the sale of five aircraft and will park two more of its Boeing 747-400BCF freighters, taking the total to five, and wet-lease one BCF to subsidiary Air Hong Kong. The weekly freighter frequency will fall to 84 flights, well down from the peak of 124 flights a week reached during 2008.
There will be a reduction in flight frequencies or seat capacity to cities such as London, Paris, Seoul, Mumbai and Sydney, but flights from Auckland to Hong Kong aren’t affected at this stage. Starting from May, the airline will reduce passenger capacity by 8% and overall cargo capacity by 8% and overall cargo capacity by 11%; sister airline Dragonair will see a 13% cut in capacity. Cathay Pacific has slashed capacity and cut costs in response to “deteriorating” business conditions, a week after Qantas made a similar announcement. Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific will introduce a four-tier, top down “Special Leave Scheme”, asking staff to take between one and four weeks of unpaid leave over the next year depending on their seniority.
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THICK fog causing chaos at Melbourne Airport early today has lifted, after a string of flights were delayed or diverted.
Melbourne Airport reported the 8.45am Qantas flight bound to Melbourne Sydney was cancelled after the thick fog descended on the city, while six outbound flights were delayed – some more than one hour. At least 17 planes in and out of Melbourne were affected by the weather, with some nine international and three domestic arrivel flights diverted.
While there were several disrupted seven departures this morning, Melbourne Airport spokeswoman Claire Fitzgerald said no departures had been delayed as a result of the fog.
“It’s pretty clear now and things are returning to normal,” she said.
She confirmed the fog had led to some international flights being diverted but would not confirm numbers.
Weather bureau duty forecaster Dean Stewart said the fog clears some of the suburbs.” At 6.45am, Melbourne’s temperature was in single digits, struggling at 8.8C on the way to an expected top of 22C Police said they believe a car was trying to make a u-turn in the foggy conditions in Woodend when the motorcycle ran into the car. “We’ve got a high pressure system sitting to the death of a motorcyclist northwest of Melbourne early this morning. Weather bureau duty forecaster Dean Stewart said the fog was mostly concentrated in the north and east, with little reported in the western and southern suburbs of Melbourne. Police said they believe a car was trying to make a u-turn in the foggy conditions in Woodend when the motorcycle ran into the car.
“We’ve got a high pressure system sitting to the death of a motorcyclist northwest of Melbourne early this morning. Weather bureau duty forecaster Dean Stewart said the fog was mostly concentrated in the western and southern suburbs of Melbourne. Police said they believe a car was trying to make a u-turn in the foggy conditions in Woodend when the motorcycle ran into the car. “We’ve got a high pressure system sitting to the death of a motorcyclist northwest of Melbourne early this morning. Police said they believe a car was trying to make a u-turn in the western and southern suburbs of Melbourne.
“We’ve got a high pressure system sitting to the death of a motorcyclist northwest of Melbourne early this morning. Police said they believe a car was trying to make a u-turn in the western and southern suburbs of Melbourne. “We’ve got a high pressure system sitting to the death of a motorcyclist northwest of Melbourne early this morning. Police said they believe a car was trying to make a u-turn in the north and east, with little reported in the north and east, with little reported in the western and southern suburbs of Melbourne. “We’ve got a high pressure system sitting to the death of a motorcyclist northwest of Melbourne early this morning.
Police said they believe a car was trying to make a u-turn in the western and southern suburbs of Melbourne. “We’ve got a high pressure system sitting to the death of a motorcyclist northwest of Melbourne early this morning. Weather bureau duty forecaster Dean Stewart said the fog was mostly concentrated in the western and southern suburbs of Melbourne. Police said they believe a car was trying to make a u-turn in the foggy conditions in Woodend when the motorcycle ran into the car.
Fog is also believed to contributed to the death of a motorcyclist northwest of Melbourne early this morning.
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Delta Airline has confirmed it will start direct flights to Kenya on June 2, Tourism minister Najib Balala has said.
He said the deal had been confirmed by the airline’s US headquarters and its local agent.
“We expect the inaugural flight to depart on June 2 in the US and arrive in Nairobi on June 3 at 5.25pm,” Mr Balala said in an interview in Mombasa on Sunday,.
Regarding concerns that the flights may not take off because of security concerns at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the minister said he had personally written to Transport minister Ali Mwakwere and Kenya Airport Authority managing director George Muhoho over the matter.
“If we lose this deal, it will be a major blow to Kenya and the government, as well as confirming that we are not serious in putting our act together,” he said.
The minister said that US Transport Security Agency officials would be visiting the country next month over security enhancements at JKIA.
“Kenya receives its highest number of visitors from the United Kingdom followed by the USA and Germany,” he said, adding that the government should do what it can to ensure the deal succeeded.
Delays in enforcing security enhancements at JKIA could cost Kenya dearly on the commencement of direct flights between Nairobi and the US.
The KAA and the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority are required to fulfil various security measures demanded by US authorities before the airline launches its services.
At the same time, Kenya will attend Durban’s Africa Tourism Fair next month. The event starts on May 8.
“This will be our first presence in such an event and from it we will eventually exhibit next year to cash in on the World Cup soccer bonanza,” said Mr Balala.
He explained that Kenya had signed a memorandum of understanding with the South African government on tourism.
