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Cathay Pacific forecasts reduced monthly cash burn in H2
Published Jun 26, 2021 09:02PM ET
Updated Jun 27, 2021 10:51AM ET
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Aircrafts of Cathay Pacific and its regional brand Cathay Dragon are parked on the tarmac at the Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong, China October 24 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
By Jamie Freed
(Reuters) -Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways (OTC:CPCAY) Ltd expects to reduce its cash burn to less than HK$1 billion ($128.84 million) a month in the second half of the year, its chief financial officer said.
The airline had been burning up to HK$1.9 billion of cash per month in the first half due to crew quarantine restrictions but that will fall in the second half as rules are eased for vaccinated crew and capacity rises, Chief Financial Officer Rebecca Sharpe said at an analyst briefing on Friday.
A webcast of the invitation-only briefing was made public on Saturday evening.
Cathay has been operating just 8% of its usual passenger capacity at a time when passenger numbers are down more than 99% due to international border restrictions.
"There has been no significant change in the last few months in the dramatic impact COVID-19 has had on passengers to Hong Kong," Sharpe said.
By August, it hopes to increase capacity to 20% of pre-COVID levels as Chinese students return to the United States and Britain for studies and that could rise to 30% in the fourth quarter as travel restrictions to Singapore and mainland China ease, Cathay Chief Customer and Commercial Officer Ronald Lam said.
Cathay this month said losses in the first half are expected to be "somewhat" lower than last year, due to cost-saving measures and strong demand for cargo flights.
The monthly cash burn figure at Cathay is a bit higher than the S$100 million ($74.51 million) to S$150 million ongoing level reported by rival Singapore Airlines (OTC:SINGY) Ltd last month.
Both airlines lack domestic markets and have been reliant on cargo traffic for most of their revenue since the pandemic began.
Cathay said 89 of the 239 planes in its fleet were in long-term storage in Australia and Spain. The airline has HK$32.8 billion liquidity available and will consider raising more funds when it can be done at a reasonable cost, Sharpe said.
($1 = 7.7615 Hong Kong dollars)
($1 = 1.3421 Singapore dollars)
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