Cathay Cargo’s Dominic Perret on AI cargo boom, Hong Kong’s Edge | Conversations

Dominic Perret has spent more than 26 years at Cathay and is now a year into his role as Director Cargo. In this episode of Conversations, recorded at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum in Miami, he talks to Reji John, Editor, STAT Publishing Group, about a volatile but strong year for Cathay Cargo and the plans behind its vision to be “not the biggest but the best” air cargo carrier.

▶ First-half revenue up 23.9% and January–September tonnage up 9%, driven by demand for data-centre and AI hardware such as servers, CPUs and GPUs

▶ Why he expects the AI boom to carry into 2027, and why a diversified mix of e-commerce, pharma and perishables still matters

▶ The Greater Bay Area as an import market: the Air-Land Fresh Lane gets Chilean cherries, Australian grapes and Norwegian salmon into GBA markets the same evening, with ferries to Dongguan adding another option

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