Cathay Pacific has mounted special flights to Utapao Airport, south of Bangkok, to bring travellers stranded in Thailand back to Hong Kong. Already three special flights have brought back over 800 passengers to Hong Kong. 135 stranded Pakistanis have been brought to Pakistan on the Hong Kong - Karachi sector.
Extra Section flights have been operating on the Hong Kong - Karachi sector to ensure that the stranded travellers are brought home safely. In addition Cathay Pacific Airways will mount 1 special flight on Monday/Tuesday 01/02 December and the other on Wednesday/Thursday 03/04 December to assist the stranded passengers and is constantly reviewing the need for more.
THE FLIGHT SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

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Cx 2701     Dec 01 2008     HKG-KHI     DEP 1905     ARR 2315
Cx 2702     Dec 02 2008     KHI- HKG    DEP 0025     ARR 0925
Cx 2703     Dec 03 2008     HKG-KHI     DEP 1905     ARR 2315
Cx 2704     Dec 04 2008     KHI- HKG    DEP 0025     ARR 0925
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Cathay Pacific spokesman said: "We are trying our very best in very difficult circumstances to bring home as many people as we can, and we will certainly try to do more if conditions in Thailand allow us to do so."
The spokesman reminded passengers that facilities at Utapao Airport, a military airstrip, were severely limited. Cathay Pacific appealed to passengers to be patient and understanding as staff at the airport were working under very difficult conditions in manually processing ticketing and boarding. Staff have also been working around the clock to cope with the situation.
The spokesman said that because of the limitations at the airport, passengers were strongly advised not to bring check-in luggage. Such luggage may need to be transferred to Phuket for later onward transmission back to Hong Kong and onwards, he added.