8 Mar 2011

Due to an editing error, the last sentence of the story 'Cathay to post record profit, say analysts' on page B9 in yesterday's newspaper should have read: 'Nine passenger Airbus and Boeing planes...

6:38AM
18 Apr 2009

In addition to asking its staff to sign up for no-pay leave, Cathay Pacific Airways said it needed help from the airport, aircraft manufacturers and other suppliers to cope with the steepest...

6:03AM
1 Oct 2004

Xiamen-based Taikoo Aircraft Engineering (Taeco) was yesterday awarded a contract to modify 20 Boeing aircraft in a deal expected to add about US$250 million to the maintenance firm's revenues...

9:08PM
26 May 2002

The ill-fated China Airlines' Boeing 747-200 was more than 22 years old, making it one of the oldest in the carrier's fleet.


The model is one of the oldest aircraft in the 747 series...

2:31AM
9 Mar 2000

Global and regional economies, including Hong Kong, are seeing a structural shift to expedited freight.


The shift is due to increased use of just-in-time or zero inventory management...

8:51AM
6 Mar 1999

The passengers of a jumbo jet heading for Hong Kong yesterday waved to two British balloonists making a round-the-world flight.

7:41PM

United Airlines, the world's largest airline, plans to start a cargo freighter service between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and the Pacific Rim from March 2.

4:13PM

THE TELEPHONE rings at around four on a Friday afternoon. My brother-in-law answers, and after a pause announces that a relative has just died in Britain. We are sitting in his house near Seattle...

10:36AM

The recent engine problems experienced by Cathay Pacific's Boeing 747 fleet appear to be confined to the airline.


Other major carriers using the same Rolls-Royce engines said their...

8:56PM

We refer to the news in brief report headlined, 'Landing aborted' (South China Morning Post, January 27).


The incident was not correctly reported and we would like to clear up any...

11:15AM

A CATHAY Pacific jumbo which returned to Kai Tak airport after an engine fire landed 80 tonnes above the maximum landing weight, an interim report into the incident has revealed.

3:36PM

THE Boeing 747 celebrated the 25th anniversary of its first revenue flight at the weekend, with the jumbo still holding claim to being the largest commercial aircraft in the world.


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12:59AM

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