Actually, kalia, that was something of the point -- clearly it has been reported before -- it has been something of an ongoing report here for months. Sometimes the problem seems to have been resolved, then it resurfaces.

I realize that I'm guilty of American expectations regarding an airlines website, and that the only websites that function properly regarding status information are US sites (or when those US sites mess up, they are relatively quickly fixed -- which adds to that US expectation). No wait, other sites, particularly top end airline web sites ARE reasonably reliable.....

For whatever reason it seems not only is the problem for Cathay relatively long standing, but folks (at least some of them here) are inclined to accept this as OK and seem to take offence when others (obviously Americans with a different set of expectations) find the problem troublesome.