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Cathay Pacific denies it will fire another 200 staff this year

Spokesperson says layoff will be just around 600.

Cathay Pacific Airways has denied a report in the South China Morning Post that there will be an additional 200 staff cuts later this year.

A Cathay Pacific spokeswoman said on Tuesday afternoon: “The number of redundancies resulting from the transformation programme is around 600, as we announced to our people and the public yesterday. Rumours of other figures are incorrect.”

View the full report from South China Morning Post here.

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