China Eastern Airlines rose 1.7%, Air China gained 1.9%, and Cathay Pacific Airways added 3.5%.
The relationship between Air China and Cathay Pacific Airways appears to be growing even closer.
Cathay said that weak cargo demand and increased competition in the region also hurt its profitability.
The turning-point came when Mr Estrada called in Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific to help out.
Lydia Cathay, then twenty-nine and married, answered the phone and spoke to me at length.
Cathay has said it will only negotiate if the threat of a strike is withdrawn.
Cathay Pacific said it was disappointed with the union's decision to approve the industrial action.
Cathay's first-half loss was caused partly by a 17% fall in yields per passenger.
But on international routes, better-managed firms such as Cathay Pacific and DragonAir are formidable competitors.
China Airlines, Thai Airways, Cathay Pacific and Dragonair have all cancelled routes or reduced their frequency.
The Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific and its affiliate airline, Dragonair, got their chance last week.
Cathay's Corporate Communications Manager, Katherine Wang, said the airline may have to cancel more flights.
Cathay repeated on Monday it had no intention of backing down as the dispute intensified.
The government-owned Vietnam Airlines operates a duopoly on the route with Hong Kong-based partner Cathay Pacific.
Cathay, which aspires to twice-daily flights to both Beijing and Shanghai, last flew to Beijing in 1990.
She came to the bedroom, shut the door, then plopped onto her bed and cried, Cathay said.
Only five days after Philippine Airlines stopped flying, Cathay Pacific began operating on some of its domestic routes.
"One swallow doesn't make a summer, " says Meileen Choo, chief executive of film producer and distributor Cathay Organization.
In Asia, Cathay Pacific fell by 19% on the day after the attack and Singapore Airlines by 15%.
But those flights are far less profitable than the regional ones, and will not do much for Cathay's profits.
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The British conglomerate Swire Pacific is the majority shareholder of Cathay with a 41.97% ownership stake in the airline.
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The next morning on the way to work, I stopped at Cathay Bank and took out all the money.
In Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific's stock was the biggest loser on the exchange.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific has had to make four rounds of job and route cuts in the past month.
"This was without a doubt the most challenging period in Cathay Pacific's history, " said the airline's chairman, James Hughes-Hallett.
It is probably best known for its majority ownership of Cathay Pacific Airways.
"It's really a win-win project, " says Roger Kao (no relation), a broker at Grand Cathay Securities Corp. in Taipei.
Seats to Manila on Cathay are usually more expensive than on other carriers.
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