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Cathay paying pilots extra to fly to China

Travellers check in for a Cathay Pacific Airways flight in the departure hall at Hong Kong International Airport on Aug 8. (Bloomberg Photo)

Cathay Pacific Airways is dangling allowances of up to HK$5,000 (US$640) a flight as a sweetener for pilots rostered on to fly in and out of mainland China, with ongoing Covid-19 curbs making it less appealing to work those routes.

The Hong Kong-based airline’s dedicated Chinese mainland operations have “been particularly onerous”, the company acknowledged in a memo that was distributed to pilots on Thursday and seen by Bloomberg News.

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