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.

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27 Feb 2013

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, February 21, 2013

21 Feb 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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21 Feb 2013

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...

Cathay Pacific Airways sees surge in direct sales through online promotion

18 Feb 2013

Cathay launched its "fanfares" programme on October 30. It puts 1,200 to 1,700 discount tickets up for grabs every Tuesday morning. Sixteen rounds of discount ticket sales have been launched.

Cathay Pacific reopens first-class passenger lounge at Chek Lap Kok

7 Feb 2013

The new lounge is more than a third bigger than the old one, with room for 167 passengers, up from 123. It is the first time the lounge has been renovated since it opened in 1998. The old lounge...

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Business class up in the air

Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore Airlines are spending US$207 million fitting flat-bed seats and larger television screens in business class. Finding passengers to fly them may be a challenge...

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Qantas-Emirates link forces Cathay Pacific to rethink network strategy

The proposed alliance between Australian carrier Qantas Airways and Dubai's Emirates could lure so-called "kangaroo route" passengers away from Cathay Pacific Airways.

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Cathay cargo terminal opens in weeks