Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will more than double its flights to mainland China to 61 return services a week from January 14 following the easing of Covid travel restrictions. Cathay aims to operate over 100 return flights a week by March, it said in a statement. The airline currently operates 27 flights a week from Hong Kong to …

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s retail sales unexpectedly dropped in November by the most in eight months as the city struggled to shake off the lingering effects of its pandemic-era controls and a slowing global economy. Retail sales value fell 4.2% from a year ago, the Census and Statistics Department said. That was far worse than the forecast for a 4.8% …

  Bloomberg The airline industry’s global lobby group condemned national moves to introduce Covid tests and other measures for passengers arriving from China as travel from the Asia nation resumes despite a flareup in the virus. The measures represent a knee-jerk reinstatement of steps that have proven ineffective in stemming the pandemic over the past three years, the International Air …