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