I am sitting in a Cathay lounge as I write this. Probably will be my last Cathay flight in a long while. It’s a shame: when I was much younger I’d always beg my parents to that Cathay for the summer flight back to see family instead of Air France. I’m not from HK but I’ve always been proud to choose to fly Cathay. They weren’t so bad after all. The European carries were stuck in a nasty cost cutting cycle and Cathay was modernising itself (yes on demand IFE came really late!).
They were never *the* best airline out there but I’ve always regarded them as *one* of the best. Service has gone down a lot recently but I still flew Cathay. They may have weathered their fuel hedging difficulties but have inadvertently gotten themselves into a much bigger political storm. It’s sad to see the airline meet its demise this way.