Companies should help address disasters

Airlines have a role to play in preventing the spread of pandemics and should also be prepared to take the financial hit, the country manager of Cathay Pacific said.

Speaking at the 1st Disaster Risk and Crisis Management Forum held in the Asian Institute of Management in Makati on Wednesday, Cathay Pacific’s Robin Bradshaw recalled how the Hong Kong carrier lost some $3 million per day in 2002 due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).