Cathay Hackathon 2023 saw 280 tech-savvy students take part in the highly energised, 24-hour event to develop, prototype, and pitch to a judging panel of industry experts, creative solutions designed to enhance customers' travel experience, elevate Cathay's premium lifestyle brand, and improve its cargo services.
The winning pitch from team NAAR, involved leveraging artificial intelligence and computer vision-based dimensioning systems to optimise cargo space, thereby increasing accuracy and profitability, and reducing the need for manual labour. NAAR won round-trip Cathay Pacific Business Class tickets to destinations of their choice, and a combined 100,000 Asia Miles. They have the opportunity to join Cathay as IT Summer Interns, with fast-track access to the IT & Digital Graduate Trainee Programme.
Cathay Hackathon is part of Cathay's ongoing commitment to nurturing and developing young talent for the aviation industry in Hong Kong.
