Connie Leung, vice president of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants Association (third left) wears a mask while speaking to reporters at the Cathay City, the headquarters of Cathay Pacific, in Hong Kong, on Wednesday. (Reuters photo)
The massive job cuts at Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong’s flagship carrier, are likely to further drag down the city’s flagging property market, with districts close to the airport potentially facing steep cuts in home prices and rents, according to analysts.
The embattled airline’s announcement on Tuesday that 5,900 jobs would be axed, including cabin crew and pilots, will further increase the number of jobless residents in Hong Kong, which rose to a near 16-year high of 6.4% in the third quarter as the city reels from the impact of the coronavirus. The unemployment rate…
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