The music slowed over a decade and came to a grinding halt in 2019.
Hong Kong and Cathay aren't global players anymore, they are just another Chinese airline. Singapore are lightyears ahead in terms of product and service, as are the ME carriers. When polar routes open to the US carriers again, that will bite too. Who wants to fly Cathay anymore anyway? Grubby tired, old planes with depressed staff. Ew.