Admittedly I have only flown three sectors with Cathay, LHR-HKG (B747), HKG-CEB (A330) and CEB-HKG (A340) but I have nothing but praise for them.
Their in-flight catering is amongst the best I have experienced in 35 years of flying commercially and give me "out of date" planes any day because "out of date" planes have more engines than modern day cr@p!