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Cathay Pacific regains permit to fly many China routes vacated by its closed subsidiary, while Greater Bay’s bid meets with no objections
- Mainland aviation authorities have awarded Cathay Pacific the rights to fly to 15 Chinese cities previously served by its now-defunct Dragon brand
- Cathay and its local competitors, meanwhile, lodged no objections to a bid by upstart Greater Bay Airlines to operate more than 100 routes
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Cathay Pacific Airways has secured approval from mainland Chinese authorities to fly most of the routes previously covered by its now-defunct subsidiary, in a move seen as a confidence booster for Hong Kong’s struggling flag carrier.
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The Post has also learned that the carrier did not raise any objection to its nascent rival Greater Bay Airlines’ (GBA) bid to fly more than 100 routes from Hong Kong.
The newcomer might be able to launch as soon as this summer given the lack of opposition, sources said.
Mainland aviation regulator the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a notice dated January 29 that it would award Cathay Pacific the operating licence to fly passenger and cargo services to 15 mainland cities, including Chongqing, Chengdu, Wuhan and Nanjing.
The other routes approved for Cathay were Fuzhou, Qingdao, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, Xi’an, Wenzhou, Ningbo, Haikou and Sanya.
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