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Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (國泰航空公司), abbr. Cathay Pacific (國泰航空) is the representative air carrier for Hong Kong based at Hong Kong International Airport. It is part of the Swire Group and is one of the founding members of the Oneworld alliance. The group is headquartered at Cathay Pacific City, 8 Scenic Road, Islands District, with its current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ronald Lam.
Overview[]
Cathay Pacific Airways was established on 24 September 1946 and is currently the oldest and largest airline in Hong Kong, which took up a leading role in the global and Hong Kong aviation industry.
In 1948 Butterfield & Swire bought Cathay Pacific Airways and took up its major role in operational and financing matters, and it has since been an important member of Swire Group. Following the post-war industrial economic and cultural development in Hong Kong as well as the continuous expansion of its service networks, Cathay Pacific has transformed itself from an Asian regional airline with just several propeller planes to an international airline with over a hundred jetliners and at the same time owning two sub-airline companies and several airport ground service companies. Its network spans 80 cities throughout the Eurasian continent, North America and Australia, New Zealand, and thus became the representative air carrier for Hong Kong.
Member companies[]
Cathay Cargo[]
Cathay Cargo (國泰貨運), formerly Cathay Pacific Cargo (國泰航空貨運), is the air cargo branding for Cathay Pacific, which specialises in transporting cargo worldwide through air transport.
Cathay Pacific launched cargo businesses in 1982 and has been using Boeing 747 freighters since its inception. Currently, its network spans a total of 34 cities throughout the Eurasian continent, Australia and America.
Hong Kong Express Airways[]
- The main article for this section is Hong Kong Express.
Hong Kong Express Airways (香港快運航空[Remark 1]) is a Hong Kong-based low-cost carrier, which was acquired by Hainan Airlines Group in 2005 together with CR Airways (later renamed Hong Kong Airlines).
In March 2019, Cathay Pacific announced a HKD 4.93 billion acquisition 100% of the shareholdings of Hong Kong Express, with the transaction completed on 19 July of the same year, making it a wholly-subsidiary and a low-cost carrier branding of Cathay Pacific [2]; it even received Airbus A320 and A321 aircrafts originally from ex-Cathay Dragon fleet.
Air Hong Kong[]
- The main article for this section is Air Hong Kong.
In 2002, Cathay Pacific acquired Air Hong Kong completely, converted it into the DHL air transport agent in 2006 and introduced Airbus A300-600F freighters for operation of the relevant flights.
Cathay Dining[]
- The main article for this section is Cathay Dining.
Cathay Dining (國泰空廚), named Cathay Pacific Catering Services (國泰航空飲食服務, abbr. CPCS) before 2024, is an aviation catering processing agency directly under Cathay Pacific, and currently provides aviation catering services to flights of Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Express, Korean Air etc. which take off from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Airport Services Limited (HAS)[]
- The main article for this section is Hong Kong Airport Services Limited.
Past member companies[]
Cathay Dragon[]
- The main article for this section is Cathay Dragon.
In 2006, Cathay Pacific acquired Dragonair (港龍航空) and reorganised the service networks of both companies. In 28 January 2016, the airline was rebranded as Cathay Dragon (國泰港龍航空).
On 21 October 2020, due to the plummeting of air transport demand due to novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, Cathay Pacific Group announced a series of operations reorganisation in which operations of Cathay Dragon was directly ceased, with its businesses and routes mostly taken over by Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong Express the following year or after.
History[]
Cathay Pacific Airways was established in 26 September 1946 by an American Roy C. Farrell and an Australian Sydney Hugh de Kantzow. Initially they developed their businesses in Shanghai as an export and import company, which was later relocated to Hong Kong due to protectionism issues and the Chinese Civil War and was re-registered as "Cathay Pacific Airways Limited".
When Farrell and others left Shanghai for Hong Kong, Farrell has decided to rename his company and discussed the matter with de Kantzow and his friends in a hotel in Manila, Phillipines. They all agreed their unwillingness to adopt common names such as "Air Hong Kong" and "Hong Kong Airlines" [Remark 2], and Farrell favoured the use of noun "Cathay" which was seen very elegant among the foreigners, which was used by the Medieval Europeans to refer to China, or the Liao Dynasty which was at its strongest and the most prosperous, and in turn that noun could link to the matters related to the ancient China, e.g. Marco Polo, Chinggis Khan, Silk Road, Shangri-La, etc. Farrell and de Kantzow dreamed about a day when their airline kingdom could encompass the Pacific Ocean and reach the United States, and therefore decided the new name of the airline company should be "Cathay Pacific Airways". However, its Chinese name was not officialised due to its main passengers being foreigners until 1960s when the number of Chinese passengers increased.
Foundation[]
Farrell returned to the USA after the end of WWII and he initially planned to buy a ship to transport goods across the Pacific Ocean, and later accepted the idea of his friend of buying a military plane left behind after the war instead and thus he went to the state of Georgia. Initially Farrell could not find the Douglas C-47 military aircraft he wanted and he asked for attention by an air force sergeant there and prompted him to contact Farrell when a suitable aircraft was found;[Source Request] The second day he received a good news he awaited for long which he first saw the renovated C-47 aircraft named "Betsy", and Farrell bought the aircraft with a price of $30,000 USD and flew it across a snowstorm to New York, where it was converted to a DC-3 civil aircraft and a certificate of airworthiness for it was issued. Farrell, his copilot and pilot drove the "Betsy" and transported the first batch of goods from South America, North Africa and the Middle East to the United States, which were the first flights operated by two DC-3 civil aircraft converted from a military C-47 aircraft.
In January 1946, his company began transporting goods from Australia to China by air and thereafter gained considerable profits, but his success had attracted attention from Tse-vung Soong, a senior official of the Chinese Nationalist Government and one of the "Big Four Families" during the Republican era, which in turn ordered to invest in the promising company, however this was rejected as Farrell did not want his own businesses to be transferred to others. The company's two DC-3s were detained by Shanghai authorities after Farrell's rejection of allowing Soong to invest in the company. Despite the eventual release after days of negotiations, Farrell found out that the situation recurred many times and thus discussed the matter of whether to stay or to leave in a Shanghai hotel. Eventually the shareholders all agreed that they should not stay in Shanghai and later escaped to Hong Kong for further development, and Farrell bribed a watchman with a breakfast, sneaked the two DC-3s out of Shanghai and eventually arrived at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong during evening of the same day, and the two eventually established "Cathay Pacific Airways" on 24 September of the same day.
Early days[]
Acquiring Hong Kong Airways from Jardine and monopolising local aviation market[]
Expansion into international long-haul market, launching cargo businesses[]
Airport relocation: Brushing into a new era, launching long-haul direct services[]
Acquiring Dragonair and service reorganisation[]
Life Well Travelled and beyond: Corporate rebranding[]
COVID-19 pandemic: Decrease in air travel demand and operations reorganisation[]
Post-pandemic recovery[]
Chronology of events[]
Operations[]
Routes[]
Current routes[]
All routes below start from Hong Kong International Airport.
- Passenger routes
| Information of current Cathay Pacific mainland and Taiwan routes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Destination | Remark | ||
| Mainland routes | ||||
| Hong Kong - Guangzhou Route | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Haikou Route | Haikou Meilan International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Beijing Capital Route | Beijing Capital International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Shanghai Pudong Route | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Shanghai Hongqiao Route | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Wuhan Route | Wuhan Tianhe International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Zhengzhou Route | Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Chongqing Route | Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Chengdu Tianfu Route | Chengdu Tianfu International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Xiamen Route | Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Fuzhou Route | Fuzhou Changle International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Hangzhou Route | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Wenzhou Route | Wenzhou Longwan International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Nanjing Route | Nanjing Lukou International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Qingdao Route | Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Xi'an Route | Xi'an Xianyang International Airport | |||
| Cross-strait routes | ||||
| Hong Kong - Taipei Route | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Kaohsiung Route | Kaohsiung International Airport | |||
| Information of current Cathay Pacific international routes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Destination | Remark | ||
| East Asia | ||||
| Hong Kong - Seoul Route | Incheon International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Tokyo Haneda Route | Tokyo Haneda International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Tokyo Narita Route | Tokyo Narita International Airport | One round flight stops intermediately at Taipei | ||
| Hong Kong - Nagoya Route | Nagoya Chubu Centrair International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Osaka Route | Kansai International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Fukuoka Route | Fukuoka International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Sapporo Route | Sapporo New Chitose Airport | |||
| Southeast Asia | ||||
| Hong Kong - Manila Route | Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Cebu Route | Cebu Mactan International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Hanoi Route | Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Ho Chi Minh City Route | Tan Son Nhat International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Phnom Penh Route | Phnom Penh International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Bangkok Survanabhumi Route | Survanabhumi International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Phuket Route | Phuket International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Kuala Lumpur Route | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Penang Route | Penang International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Singapore Route | Singapore Changi Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Jakarta Route | Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Surabaya Route | Surabaya Juanda International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Denpasar Route | Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport | |||
| South Asia | ||||
| Hong Kong - New Delhi Route | New Delhi International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Mumbai Route | Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Chennai Route | Chennai International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Dhaka Route | Dhaka Shahjalal International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Kathmandu Route | Kathmandu Tribuhvan International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Colombo Route | Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport | |||
| Middle East and West Asia | ||||
| Hong Kong - Dubai Route | Dubai International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Tel Aviv Route | Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport | [Remark 3] | ||
| Oceania | ||||
| Hong Kong - Sydney Route | Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Melbourne Route | Melbourne Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Brisbane Route | Brisbane International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Adelaide Route | Adelaide Airport | [Remark 4] | ||
| Hong Kong - Perth Route | Perth International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Auckland Route | Auckland International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Christchurch Route | Christchurch International Airport | |||
| Europe | ||||
| Hong Kong - London Heathrow Route | London Heathrow Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Manchester Route | Manchester Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Paris Route | Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Frankfurt Route | Frankfurt Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Zurich Route | Zurich Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Amsterdam Route | Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Rome Route | Rome Fiumicino International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Milan Route | Milan Malpensa Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Madrid Route | Madrid Barajas Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Barcelona Route | Barcelona El Prat Airport | |||
| Africa | ||||
| Hong Kong - Johannesburg Route | Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport | |||
| America | ||||
| Hong Kong - New York JFK Route | New York John F. Kennedy International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Boston Route | Boston Logan International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Chicago Route | Chicago O'Hare International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - San Francisco Route | San Francisco International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Los Angeles Route | Los Angeles International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Vancouver Route | Vancouver International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Toronto Route | Toronto Pearson International Airport | |||
- Cargo routes
| Information of current Cathay Cargo routes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Destination | Remark | ||
| Mainland | ||||
| Hong Kong - Xiamen Route | Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Shanghai Pudong Route | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Chengdu Shuangliu Route | Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Chongqing Route | Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Zhengzhou Route | Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport | |||
| East Asia | ||||
| Hong Kong - Seoul Route | Incheon International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Tokyo Narita Route | Tokyo Narita International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Osaka Route | Kansai International Airport | |||
| Southeast Asia | ||||
| Hong Kong - Hanoi Route | Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Bangkok Survanabhumi Route | Survanabhumi International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Kuala Lumpur Route | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Singapore Route | Singapore Changi Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Jakarta Route | Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | |||
| South Asia | ||||
| Hong Kong - New Delhi Route | New Delhi International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Mumbai Route | Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Chennai Route | Chennai International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Dhaka Route | Dhaka Shahjalal International Airport | |||
| Middle East and West Asia | ||||
| Hong Kong - Dubai World Central Route | Dubai World Central International Airport | Categorised into other routes | ||
| Hong Kong - Riyadh Route | King Khalid International Airport | |||
| Oceania | ||||
| Hong Kong - Sydney Route | Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Melbourne Route | Melbourne Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Perth Route | Perth International Airport | |||
| Europe | ||||
| Hong Kong - London Heathrow Route | London Heathrow Airport | With intermediate stopover at Dubai World Central Airport | ||
| Hong Kong - Paris Route | Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport | With intermediate stopover at New Delhi International Airport/Dubai World Central Airport | ||
| Hong Kong - Frankfurt Route | Frankfurt Airport | with intermediate stopover at Dubai World Central Airport | ||
| Hong Kong - Amsterdam Route | Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport | |||
| America (all flights with intermediate stopover at Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport) | ||||
| Hong Kong - New York JFK Route | New York John F. Kennedy International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Toronto, Chicago Route | Toronto Pearson International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
Circular operation | ||
| Hong Kong - Miami Route | Miami International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Dallas Route | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Los Angeles Route | Los Angeles International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Mexico City Route | Felipe Angeles International Airport | |||
| Hong Kong - Guadalajara Route | Guadalajara International Airport | |||
Fleets[]
Currently Cathay Pacific has a total of 178 passenger and freighter jets, with the majority of passenger jets being wide-body aircraft (except Airbus A321neo) and produced by Airbus, whereas Boeing 747 is used for the entirety of its freighter fleet.
In the early days Cathay Pacific used DC-3 and DC-4 propeller passenger aircraft, which was later replaced by whole-new jetliners such as Convair CV880 and Boeing 707 with the development of aviation industry to serve farther cities. The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar tri-engine jet was introduced in 1975 and Boeing 747 was further introduced to serve European and American destinations in 1980, and at a time Cathay Pacific even became an airline operating with all wide-body fleets.
Since 1994 Cathay Pacific began introducing French-made Airbus A330 and A340 jets to replace L-1011 tri-engine jets, with additional introductions of Boeing 777 since 1996, and afterwards aircraft models of the two major aircraft manufacturers, Airbus and Boeing, dominated the fleet. The last Boeing 747 in the fleet retired in 2016, marking the resumption of the full single-decker passenger jet era. With the full retirement of Airbus A340s in 2017, all quad-engine jets had since completely withdrawn from Cathay Pacific passenger fleets.
Since Cathay Pacific's acquisition of Dragonair in 2006, some older Airbus A330s in the fleet were gradually transferred to the latter serving shorter destinations to give way for newer long-distance passenger jets. Cathay Pacific received most of its Airbus A330s after the closure of Cathay Dragon in 2020, with its Airbus A321neo orders being transferred to the former, marking the return of narrow-body jets after 40 years.
Besides, Cathay Pacific flew its first DC-3 aircraft named Betsy (registered as VR-HDB) back to Hong Kong from Australia in 1983, and later sent it to the Hong Kong Science Museum for long-term display. The second aircraft in the fleet was a DC-3 named Niki (registered as VR-HDA), which was sold out in 1961 and its whereabouts was unknown; Cathay Pacific later bought in another second-hand retired DC-3, re-painted into its livery and permanently placed it at the rear end of the bus stop outside Cathay Pacific City as a "landmark".
Passenger fleets[]
| List of current Cathay Pacific passenger fleets | ||||||||
| Model | Model code | Built at | Year joined | Seat allocation | Nos. | Reg.no. Country and region prefix B-omitted |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing | ||||||||
| 777-367 | 773 | Everett, WA USA |
1996-2006 | C42Y396 | 12 | HNE - HNQ | HNK painted with "The Spirit of Hong Kong" livery | |
| 777-31H | 2018-2019 | 5 | HNS - HNX | Second-handed from Emirates | ||||
| 777-367ER | 77W | 2008-2015 | C40W32Y296 | 17 | HNR, KPY, KPZ, KQC, KQE, KQF, KQL, KQN, KQO, KQP, KQQ, KQR, KQS, KQT, KQX, KQY, KQZ | KQL, KQN painted with Oneworld livery | ||
| F6C53W34Y201 | 21 | KPA, KPD, KPE, KPF, KPI, KPO, KPQ, KPR, KPU, KPV, KPW, KPX, KQG, KQH, KQI, KQJ, KQK, KQM, KQU, KQV, KQW | KPD, KQI, KQM painted with Oneworld livery | |||||
| Airbus | ||||||||
| A321-251N | 32Q | Hamburg, Germany | 2020- | C12Y190 | 12 | HPB, HPD - HPK, HPN - HPP | Former Cathay Dragon orders, transferred to CX fleet after closure in 2020 | |
| A330-343 | 333 | Toulouse, France | 2001-2003 | 36 | HLM - HLW, HYG, HYI, HYJ, HYQ, HWM, LAK- LAR, LAX, LAZ, LBA - LBK | HLM - HLO、HLT once sold to Cathay Dragon, returned after its closure KA first-handed aircraft for HYG, HYI, HYJ, HYQ, HWM, transferred to CX fleet after closure | ||
| A330-342 | 333 | 2005-2013 | 6 | LAA, LAB, LAD - LAF, LAJ | LAD the 100th aircraft in CX fleet LBB the 1000th A330 in the world Some once sold to Cathay Dragon, returned in 2020 after its closure | |||
| A350-941 | 359 | 2016-2023 | C38W28Y214 | 30 | LRA - LRG, LRJ - LRV, LRX, LQA - LQH | |||
| A350-1041 | 35K | 2018-2022 | C46W32Y256 | 18 | LXA - LXR | |||
| List of retired and sold Cathay Pacific passenger fleets | |||||||||
| Model | Model code | Built at | Year joined | Year left | Nos. | Reg.no. Country and region prefix VR-(before 1 Jul 1997)/B- omitted for HK-registered aircraft |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing | |||||||||
| 707 | |||||||||
| 747-267B | 742 | 1979-1980 | 1999-2002 | 7 | HIA - HIF, HKG | ||||
| 747-367 | 743 | 1985-1988 | 1999-2002 | 6 | HII - HIK, HOL, HOM | All sold to Pakistan International Airlines | |||
| 747-412 | 744 | 2004 | 2010-2016 | 6 | HKD - HKF, HKT - HKV | Second-handed from Singapore Airlines | |||
| 747-467 | 744 | 1997 | 1997-2016 | 17 | HOO - HOT, HOV - HOY, HUA, HUB, HUD - HUG, HUI, HUJ | ||||
| 747-419 | 744 | 1989 | 1991 | 1 | ZK-NBS | Leased from Air New Zealand | |||
| 777-267 | 772 | 1996 | 2019 | 5 | HNA - HND, HNL | [3] | |||
| 777-367ER | 77W | 2007 | 2013 | 15 | KPB, KPC, KPG, KPH, KPJ - KPP, KPS, KPT, KQA, KQB, KQD | All unleased | |||
| Airbus | |||||||||
| A330-342 | 333 | 1994-2006 | 1996-2020 | 12 | HLA - HLL, HYD, LAC, LAG, LAH, LAI | HLL once involved in loss of throttle control incident in 2010 Some sold to Cathay Dragon B-HLF destroyed in fire during long-term storage in Spain in April 2024 | |||
| A340-211 | 342 | 1994-1995 | 1997 | 4 | HMR - HMU | ||||
| A340-313 | 343 | 1997-2002 | 2001- | 11 | HMX - HMZ, HXA - HXO | ||||
| A340-642 | 46 | 2002-2003 | 2008-2009 | 3 | HQA - HQC | ||||
| Lockheed Martin | |||||||||
| L-1011 TriStar | L3J | 1975-1978 | 1980-1996 | 19 | HGA, HGC, HGF, HGG, HHG, HHK, HHL, HHV - HHY, HMV, HOA - HOK | ||||
| L-188A Electra | L188 | 1975-1978 | 1980-1996 | 2 | HFN, HFO | ||||
| Convair | |||||||||
| CV880 | N/A | 1962-1970 | 1967-1976 | 9 | HFS, HFT, HFX - HFZ, HGA, HGC, HGF, HGG | [4] | |||
| Bristol | |||||||||
| 175 Britannia | N/A | 1960-1961 | 1961 | 3 | G-ANBB, G-ANBL, G-ANBO | Leased from British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) | |||
| Douglas | |||||||||
| DC-3 | N/A | 1946-TBC | TBC | HDA, HDB | HDB nicknamed "Betsy", now stored at Hong Kong Science Museum HDA nicknamed "Niki", Cathay Pacific bought in another 2nd-hand DC-3, repainted it into its livery and displayed outside Cathay Pacific City from 2006 onwards | ||||
Records[]
- The first airline company to fly over Afghan airspace (1990) [5]
- The first airline company to fly over South and North Korean airspace at the same time (1998) [5]
- The first airline company to fly over Arctic airspace from America to Asia (5 July 1998) [5]
- Trial of longest ever single flight in the world (October 2022, from New York (JFK) to Hong Kong [6]
- Operation of longest and shortest passenger flights to and from Hong Kong International Airport at the same time
Public relations activities[]
Major accidents/incidents[]
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
- ↑ Pre-2006 Chinese name was "港聯航空".
- ↑ Coincidentally these names were reused by the present-day Air Hong Kong and Hong Kong Airlines which started operations in 1982 and 2006 respectively.
- ↑ Suspended due to Israel-Hamas war.
- ↑ Suspended due to novel coronavirus pandemic.
Related articles[]
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Notes and References[]
- ↑ Planespotters.net website
- ↑ "國泰航空公布 完成收購香港快運 (Cathay announces completion of acquisition of HK Express)", Sing Tao Daily, 19 July 2019.
- ↑ HNL the 1st Boeing 777 in the world, statically preserved at Pima Air and Space Museum in USA
- ↑ VR-HFX written off after crashing and overrunning runway while taking off from Kai Tak Airport in 1967; VR-HFZ disintegrated upon explosion over South Vietnam in 1972
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mentioned in the publication "CXtraordinary".
- ↑ The flight flew over Atlantic Ocean and the Eurasian continent and evaded Russian airspace. Many airlines over the world diverted their flights away from Russian airspace due to severe international sanctions imposed against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. The original air route arrangement was resumed in December 2022.
External links[]
- Official website and social media pages
- Cathay Pacific official website
- Facebook page: Cathay Pacific 國泰航空
- Instagram page: cathaypacific
- Other language: Japanese, Indonesian
- X (ex-Twitter) page: cathaypacific
- YouTube channel: cathaypacific
- Company information on LinkedIn
- Unofficial fan pages
CX, CPA, Cathay, Cathay Pacific Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and Cathay Cargo
| Contents of The EAHK | |
|---|---|
| Main airline companies/ helicopter companies with Hong Kong as base | Swire Group (Cathay Pacific • Cathay Cargo • Cathay Dragon • Hong Kong Express • Air Hong Kong • 2020 Cathay Pacific Group operations reorganisation) • Hainan Airlines Group (Hong Kong Airlines • Hongkong Air Cargo • Hongkong Jet) • East Ocean Group (Greater Bay Airlines) • Oasis Hong Kong • Jetstar Hong Kong • Sky Shuttle • Kadoorie Group (Metrojet) • TAG Aviation (Asia) • Monarch Jet • Hong Kong Airways • Macau Air Transport |
| Civil, governmental and military agencies/ organisations | Government Flying Services • Hong Kong Aviation Club • PLA Hong Kong Garrison • RAF Hong Kong |
| Airport Management and Ground Services Handling Agencies/Companies | Jardine Aviation Services • Hong Kong Airport Services |
| Routes and flights | Flight number • Numbering method for local airline companies • Joint operation • Seasonal flight • Charter flight • Empty plane • Kangaroo route • Red-eye flight |
| Main airports and heliports | |
| Passengers | Traveller registration (Online check-in) • In-town check-in • Airline smartphone apps (Cathay Pacific smartphone app) • Boarding gate • Aviation security check • Luggage drop • Luggage claim • Boarding pass • Lounge • Passenger waiting facilities • Transfer • Passenger information signage • Flight information display |
| Logistics and security facilities | Aviation catering faciltiies • Aircraft maintenance facilities • Fire station • Hong Kong Police Force (Airport Police) • Gate house • AVSECO |
| Cabin class and inflight services | Economy class • Business class • First class • Inflight entertainment system (Cathay Pacific inflight entertainment system) • Inflight magazine • Flight map • Aviation catering • Wi-Fi system |
| Air tickets, fare discounts and frequent flyer programmes | Air ticket • Air ticket discount • Frequent flyer programme (Asia Miles • reward-U) |
| Aircraft models | Jetliner • Fixed-wing aircraft • Propeller aircraft • Helicopter • Glider • Water plane • Boeing (707 • 737 • 737 MAX • Boeing Commercial Jets • 747 • 757 • 767 • 777 • 787 • Macdonnell Douglas • DC-10 • MD-11) • Airbus(A220 • A300 • A310 • A319 • A320 • A321 • A321neo • A330 • A340 • A350 • A380
• H175) • Lockheed L-1011 • Convair CV880 • EMBRAER (Embraer ERJ190) • COMAC(ARJ21 • C919) • Bombardier Challenger 605 • Diamond DA42 • EC155 • Concorde |
| Aircraft cabin and safety features | Luggage cabin • Overhead compartment • Galley • Trolley • Toilet • Seat • Seat belt • Window • Door • Cockpit • Crew rest area • Stair • Oxygen mask • Escape slide • Lamp • Cabin light • Safety card • Emergency exit |
| Flight operations, aircraft/cockpit equipment and avionics | Engine • Radar • Lightning rod • Yoke • Flight display • GPS system • Instrumental Landing System (ILS) • Instrumental Guidance System (IGS) • Terrain (Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS)) • Multi-function Display • Atmospheric Data Calculator • Pitot tube • Autopilot • Throttle • Flight Management System • Plate • Registration number • Wing • Flap • Winglet • Horizontal stabiliser • Reverse thrust • Airway • Midway point • VHF Omni Directional Beacon Locator (VOR) • Flight tracking apps • Departure • Ferry flight • Approach • Quick Reference Handbook • Black box (Flight Data Recorder (FDR) • Cockpit voice recorder (CVR)) • Delays and cancellations • Special arrangement |
| Airport equipments | Runway • Taxiway • Approach guidance light • Airport vehicle (Catering vehicle • Luggage car • Fuel truck • Push back vehicle • Crew bus • Apron bus • Maintenance vehicle) |
| Cargo/luggage transportation | Container |
| Air traffic controls and communications | Air Traffic Control • Control tower • Callsign • Hong Kong Flight Information Region |
| Aviation meteorology | Special arrangements under severe weather • Airport Meteorological Office • Airport Weather Forecast • Airport Weather Report • Dangerous Weather Warning • Flight Weather Document • Airport Weather Warning • Windshear and turbulence • Hong Kong International Airport Lightning Warning |
| Policies, systems and international aviation regulations | Civil Aviation Department • Air Transport Licensing Authority • Airport Authority • Low-cost airline • Drone • New Airport Project • Third Runway Project • Quota system • Aircraft inspection • Aviation fuel (Sustainable aviation fuel) • Airport Restricted Area • Tenant Restricted Area • Airspeed limit • Aircraft restrictions • Freedom of flight • Airline Operator's Licence • Committee of Inquiry on the New Airport |
| Staff | Air crew (Pilot • Flight Engineer • Flight attendant • Crew resource management) • Ground staff (Customer services assistant • Apron worker) • Pilot licence • Airport Restricted Area Permit • Safety training • Flying school • Staff pass • Air crew licence • Flight hours • Slow taxi • Fast taxi • Industrial action |
| Aviation training programmes | Cathay "I Can Fly" Programme • Hong Kong International Aviation Training Academy |
| Aviation enthusiasts | List of Hong Kong aviation transport records • Aviation photography • Special sight • Debut • Farewell ceremony • Joyride • Flight report • Retirement route • Show-off route |
| Notable aviation incidents | 1948 Miss Macau hijacking crash • Bojinka plot • 1993 China Airlines Flight 605 accident • 1991 Lauda Air Flight 004 crash • 1994 Aeroflot Flight 593 crash • 1998 Airport relocation action • 1999 China Airlines Flight 642 crash • 2002 China Airlines Flight 611 crash • 2010 Cathay Pacific Flight 780 engine failure accident • 2023 Cathay Pacific major flight cancellations |