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  • Oct 3, 2013
  • Updated: 6:25am

Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways, was founded in 1946 by American Roy C. Farrell and Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow, offering scheduled passenger and cargo services. Cathay also owns Dragonair and in 2010, Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.8 million tonnes of cargo and mail. Cathay Pacific was a founder member of the Oneworld alliance.

27 Sep 2013

Cathay Pacific Airways has fired another salvo against Jetstar Hong Kong in its bid to block the launch of the low-cost carrier.

2:31AM
23 Sep 2013

A good airline is definitely not only about new planes and beautiful airport lounges, but also about customer service, in particular in difficult times.

12:47AM
22 Sep 2013

Cathay Pacific's policy banning cargoes of non-sustainable shark fin will not come into effect until next year, about 18 months after it was announced, marine experts drawing up the guidelines say...

3:53AM
5 Sep 2013

In a fresh attempt to stop a budget airline from taking off in Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific Airways said yesterday that it has filed an objection to Jetstar Hong Kong's application to run scheduled...

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17 Aug 2013

Cathay Pacific Airways will again have a Hong Kong-born chief executive in March when Ivan Chu Kwok-leung takes up the position.

5:27AM
14 Aug 2013

Cathay Pacific Airways announced earnings well below expectations yesterday as yield pressure on regional routes and a weak cargo market derailed recovery efforts.

8:11AM

Depict the best of Hong Kong in a photograph or illustration and you could jet out of the city on one of more than 600 plane tickets, courtesy of Cathay Pacific.

8:15AM

Cathay Pacific Airways has lost market share on European cargo routes as freight rates sink on weak demand from the troubled euro zone.

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The Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association filed the claims from about 600 of the airline's pilots to the Labour Tribunal last month. It follows September's Court of Final Appeal victory for cabin...

5:00AM

The airline - widely praised by environmentalist groups last September for taking what was then seen as a pioneering step - planned to bring in the ban at the start of 2013. Yesterday a spokesman...

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A manufacturing defect - not human error - was the cause of the collapse of an air bridge in Chek Lap Kok airport in April, an investigation task force has found.

5:25AM

We are beginning to feel that in a previous life we must have done something bad to Standard Chartered Bank. Why otherwise would they have devised the mild but persistent form of torment it...

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