{"id":24782,"date":"2020-10-21T16:34:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T08:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?p=24782"},"modified":"2020-10-21T16:34:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T08:34:57","slug":"covid-19-cathay-pacific-lays-off-8500-staff-and-dragonair-suspended-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/24782\/covid-19-cathay-pacific-lays-off-8500-staff-and-dragonair-suspended-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Cathay Pacific Lays Off 8,500 Staff and Dragonair Suspended Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24784\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/and-Dragonair-Suspended-Flights.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/and-Dragonair-Suspended-Flights.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/and-Dragonair-Suspended-Flights-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/and-Dragonair-Suspended-Flights-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/and-Dragonair-Suspended-Flights-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/and-Dragonair-Suspended-Flights-1170x614.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/and-Dragonair-Suspended-Flights-585x307.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Cathay Pacific Lays Off 8,500 Staff and Dragonair Suspended <a class=\"thirstylink\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Expedia\" href=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/go\/expedia\/\" data-nojs=\"1\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Flights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24786\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images-6-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images-6-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images-6-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images-6-1170x783.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images-6-585x391.jpg 585w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/images-6-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the current pandemic situations, now due to the COVID0-19, another airline was somehow caught in huge troubles as Cathay Pacific lays off 8,500 employees while Dragonair has to suspend their <a class=\"thirstylink\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Expedia\" href=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/go\/expedia\/\" data-nojs=\"1\" data-shortcode=\"true\">flights<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Group, which has been awarded the &#8220;Best Airline in the World&#8221; for several times, lost to the impact of the pneumonia epidemic. Today, it announced that it has cut 8,500 jobs and its #\u6e2f\u9f99\u822a\u7a7a will cease operations with immediate effect . This is after American Airlines, United Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and Emirates, another global aviation giant announced massive layoffs.It is worth mentioning that Cathay Pacific, established in 1946, is now part of the Swire Group. This time, it has suffered an unprecedented hit.<\/p>\n<p>The airline would also seek changes in conditions in its contracts with cabin crew and pilots as part of a restructuring that would cost 2.2 billion Hong Kong dollars ($283.9m), it told the stock exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it will give China\u2019s aviation industry an opportunity to plant the flag and master the Hong Kong aviation market is worth paying attention to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24785\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/f3aca93e-0472-11e6-a9b2-800cbf78bba6_1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/f3aca93e-0472-11e6-a9b2-800cbf78bba6_1280x720.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/f3aca93e-0472-11e6-a9b2-800cbf78bba6_1280x720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/f3aca93e-0472-11e6-a9b2-800cbf78bba6_1280x720-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/f3aca93e-0472-11e6-a9b2-800cbf78bba6_1280x720-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/f3aca93e-0472-11e6-a9b2-800cbf78bba6_1280x720-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/f3aca93e-0472-11e6-a9b2-800cbf78bba6_1280x720-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/f3aca93e-0472-11e6-a9b2-800cbf78bba6_1280x720-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24783\" src=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_08_12_102204_1597208461._large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_08_12_102204_1597208461._large.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_08_12_102204_1597208461._large-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_08_12_102204_1597208461._large-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_08_12_102204_1597208461._large-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_08_12_102204_1597208461._large-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_08_12_102204_1597208461._large-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020_08_12_102204_1597208461._large-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19: Cathay Pacific Lays Off 8,500 Staff and Dragonair Suspended Flights With the current&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65],"tags":[156,3398],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - 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