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 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. CAAC 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 Cathay parent company Swire Pacific.