Adds Cathay remark
Adds Cathay remark
Jan 22 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will permit flight attendants to put on a surgical masks whereas working mainland China flights as a consequence of issues over the brand new coronoavirus, however the attendants’ union desires the measure to use to all flights.
The coronavirus struck as thousands and thousands of Chinese language ready to journey for the Lunar New 12 months, heightening contagion dangers and posing a contemporary risk to demand for the airline, which has been battered by months of generally violent anti-government protests in Hong Kong.
The Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union mentioned it had acquired a “super” quantity of emails and messages from members involved over catching the virus given they’re uncovered to over 300 passengers from quite a few locations on a single flight.
“All of them are frightened in regards to the danger they’re taking each time they go to work,” the union mentioned on its Fb web page on Tuesday. “It’s time for the Firm to correctly tackle their issues and permit Cabin Crew to put on masks on all flights.”
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