Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific posts loss of HK$6.5 billion for 2022, but vows to start repaying HK$1.5 billion in deferred dividends to government

• Cathay CEO Ronald Lam says group hopes to make profit this year, but it is ‘too early to say’
• Airline expected to reach 70 per cent of pre-Covid passenger capacity by this year’s end, with hopes for full-service restoration by close of 2024