Cabin crew end Cathay pay row

The Cathay Pacific pay dispute ended last night after cabin crew backed down.

The Flight Attendants' Union said it had agreed to management demands to work an extra four hours a month in return for a 3.5 per cent pay rise.

The union said it had made the decision to 'maintain unity'.

It had previously rejected the proposal, saying the change would mean attendants lost their automatic annual pay rise.

Cathay received 2,236 responses from the 4,598 cabin crew who were to be affected by the proposed changes and asked to reply by Saturday.

Of those, 88 per cent or 1,968 cabin crew agreed to the company's plan.