Published: 5:09pm, 16 Aug, 2019 Updated: 11:34pm, 16 Aug, 2019
Rupert Hogg , the CEO of Hong Kong 's major carrier , Cathay Pacific , has resigned after what he called " challenging weeks for the airline " . Chief customer and commercial officer Peter Lee also stepped down . The resignation followed a rebuke from the Civil Aviation Administration of China after some Cathay employees expressed support for the continuing protests in Hong Kong . CAAC also threatened to ban Asia Pacific in light of the protests from Chinese mainland airspace , putting Cathay 's services at risk . Hogg is replaced by Augustus Tang Chi - wing , the former CEO of Haeco , also owned by Cathay parent company Swire Pacific .