Originally Posted by
Sotonsean
Cathay Pacific Airways purchased 12 former Northwest Orient Boeing 707 aircraft in 1971.
Cathay Pacific Airways first Boeing 707-355C VR-HGH entered service on the 24 August 1971 from Hong Kong to Tokyo via Taipei and Osaka.
Indeed. I think by about 1975, just after the last Convair 880 had gone and before the first Tristar arrived, Cathay's fleet may have been wholly 707. Suppose you could make a point that they never bought a new one - they were all secondhand from Northwest.