Cathay Pacific expands hiring of mainland Chinese flight attendants.
Cathay Pacific will begin recruiting flight attendants from mainland China in July and will provide all flight attendants with culture training to ensure they treat mainland Chinese passengers with respect. The airline's percentage of passengers from mainland China has increased massively in the past several months, and the move follows an incident where a crew was accused of disrespecting Mandarin speaking passengers. It remains unclear if Cathay Pacific is setting up crew bases in mainland China or if the airline is recruiting flight attendants in mainland China to move to Hong Kong.