"This was without a doubt the most challenging period in Cathay Pacific's history, " said the airline's chairman, James Hughes-Hallett.
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Only the prospect of a double-dip recession in America looks like spoiling the recovery, says James Hughes-Hallett, the airline's chairman.
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Ms Hughes-Hallett uses the lives of her subjects to capture Britain as it lurched forward into 100 years of peace, prosperity and unprecedented cultural and scientific development.