Cathay Pacific Airways

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.

AVIATION

New check-in system in the bag for Cathay

15 May 2013

Cathay's decades-old check-in system will be phased out from September to November next year and replaced by a common platform, dubbed Customer Management (CM), powered by Amadeus, a US-based...

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Corporates lacking in customer care

12 May 2013

I may be getting grumpier in my old age, but I do ask myself whether the level of customer care, call centre service and general willingness to please the paying patrons of some of Hong Kong's...

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Cathay Pacific eyes hi-tech 'self-boarding' gates in Hong Kong

9 May 2013

The automatic boarding gate, an advanced version of the gates used at MTR stations, will allow passengers to board without having to undergo a manual document check by ground staff.

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Cathay Pacific makes a fine art out of choosing its wines

3 May 2013

Picking a wine for an airline isn't as easy as you'd think. It's not just a matter of taste and quality, but also about how the wine travels.

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Talking points

22 Apr 2013

he Legislative Council's panel on environmental affairs meets to discuss the public consultation on a producer-responsibility scheme for glass drink bottles.

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Airport worker injured as boarding bridge falls off plane at Hong Kong airport

8 Apr 2013

Passengers on board a Cathay Pacific flight escaped injuries when an airbridge collapsed at Chek Lap Kok Sunday evening, but an airport worker was wounded in the incident.

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

3:55AM

Swire Pacific says profit slumps, mainly due to Cathay

Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific said net profit fell 46 per cent to HK$17.5 billion in 2012, blaming a sharply reduced contribution from Cathay Pacific Airways.

12:57PM

Cathay Pacific still hopefull after profits slump 83pc

Cathay Pacific Airways expects better passenger numbers after a dismal 2012, when falling fares and weak cargo demand slashed profit by 83 per cent to HK$916 million.

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Talking points

Cathay Pacific Airways releases its annual results, with the figures expected to show profits plunging by almost 90 per cent to HK$570 million. Chief executive John Slosar warned in November that...

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LAI SEE

Is Tony Tyler saying the aviation industry is doing God's work?

The airline industry may be slightly on the back foot with the flak it gets from environmentalists on account of its emissions.

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BRIEFS

Briefs, February 21, 2013

China's three mobile-phone operators posted a 0.9 per cent month-to-month increase in the number of mobile subscribers to 1.12 billion, still the largest of any country in the world, last month...

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Talking points

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Washington for talks that will be watched closely in Beijing. Abe, who will meet US President Barack Obama for the first time tomorrow, is expected to...

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