Cathay Pacific has doubled its capacity in the Chinese Mainland with 61 return flights per week between Hong Kong and 13 Mainland cities from January 14, 2023. This decision comes under the backdrop of Hong Kong SAR Government’s latest measures to facilitate quarantine-free travel between Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, as well as the lifting of transit restrictions, effective January 8,2023.
The airline is currently operating 27 flights per week from Hong Kong to the Mainland, and 50 flights per week from the Mainland to Hong Kong
From January 8 2023, Cathay Pacific will increase its flights between Hong Kong and Beijing to 10 pairs per week, and between Hong Kong and Shanghai (Pudong) to 21 pairs per week. The airline is also resuming flights to Guangzhou with five return flights per week.
Meanwhile, from January 14 2023 the airline will increase its flights between Hong Kong and Xiamen to four pairs per week, and between Hong Kong and Chengdu to six pairs per week.
Cathay Pacific is working actively to resume and add more flights progressively between Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland in the coming weeks, with the aim of operating over 100 return flights per week by March 2023. The Cathay Pacific Group anticipates operating around 70% of pre-pandemic passenger flight capacity by the end of 2023, with an aim to return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2024.