Cathay Pacific temporarily suspends all flights to Australia, except to Sydney

Cathay Pacific Airways has temporarily suspended all flights to Australia, except to Sydney, as it figures out how to manage new COVID restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong Government.

From February 20, the airline will be halting its flights to Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth until the end of the month at least.

The airline said it was reviewing its available staffing for March, to adapt its flight schedule to the new Hong Kong quarantine arrangements.

It said it would provide an update on its new flight schedule by February 22.

The decision to severely reduce the number of international flights from February 20 will also see services to Auckland, San Francisco, Vancouver, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City…