The resignation of Cathay Pacific's two top executives may help repair its relationship with the Chinese government, but the carrier's leaders still face an array of challenges both familiar and new.In the short term, Cathay will be hoping it has done enough to prevent further criticism from Chinese authorities regarding the carrier's response to the civil unrest sweeping Hong Kong in recent months. However, the protests have already dented passenger traffic and disrupted airline operations, which will undoubtedly hurt revenue. Cathay must ensure its latest crisis and leadership changes do not derail a recovery program that is restoring the airline to financial health.Cathay CEO Rupert Hogg and his second-in-command Paul Loo abruptly offered their resignations on Aug. 16, which the airline's board accepted. Due to the renowned Swire Group executive rotation system, experienced replacements were ready at hand. Augustus Tang, formerly head of Cathay's sister company Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO), has taken over as Cathay CEO, and group veteran Ronald Lam has stepped into the chief customer and commercial officer role vacated by Loo.
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机译：国泰航空两位高管的辞职可能有助于修复与中国政府的关系，但运营商的领导人仍然面临着熟悉和新的挑战。在短期内，国泰将希望它已经足够的批评来防止进一步批评来自中国当局有关运营商近几个月席卷香港的内乱的回应。然而，抗议活动已经涉及乘客交通并扰乱航空公司业务，这无疑将损害收入。国泰必须确保其最新的危机和领导力变化不会破坏恢复计划，该计划正在恢复金融健康。摘要，他的第二次指挥的保罗厕所于8月16日突然提出了辞职，航空公司的董事会公认。由于着名的沙发集团执行旋转系统，经验丰富的替代品已经准备好了。 Augustus Tang，曾任国泰姐妹公司香港飞机工程有限公司（HAECO），被担任国泰首席执行官，集团老将罗纳德林已踏入了由厕所腾出的首席客户和商业官员角色。
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