Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific cancels another 20 flights on A350 planes, bringing total to 68

Twenty more flights by Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will be cancelled on Wednesday after inspections found 15 of the airline’s A350 fleet had engine issues, the Post has learned, bringing the total number of aborted flights by the airline to 68 this week.

According to an insider familiar with the matter, the airline expects all flights with A350 aircraft to resume by Saturday.

Cathay completed inspections of all 48 of its A350 fleet on Monday night and found 15 planes with engine issues. Three of them had been fixed so far, the source said.

The company said on Monday it had grounded its entire fleet of A350 aircraft after discovering a “first-of-its-kind problem” with a component of the model’s engine.

Cathay Pacific engineering director Keith Brown said each aircraft was undergoing a rigorous inspection and apologised to customers for the inconvenience caused.

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