Some recent comments have suggested that Cathay service is slipping a bit. One flight doesn't alter that, but CX260 from CDG certainly showed them at their best. The diverse crew (Philippines, India, Japan) was spectacular. The flight was about 90 minutes late into HKG; besides the usual gaggle of ground staff to rush people to connections that still worked, Cathay had set up a table at the gate neatly arrayed with new boarding passes for those who'd been protected - 50 to 100, at a glance - with staffers to hand them out and get the passengers on their way as quickly as possible.