Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd reported on Wednesday a record annual loss of HK$21.65 billion ($2.79 billion), due to a sharp downturn in travel associated with the coronavirus pandemic, restructuring costs and fleet writedowns.
The 2020 loss compared with 2019 profit of HK$1.69 billion and was worse than an average forecast for a net loss of HK$19.9 billion by 13 analysts, according to Refinitiv.
Cathay had previously warned it expected the second-half loss to be "significantly higher" than the record first-half loss of HK$9.87 billion.
(Published 10 March 2021, 07:23 IST)