"We had some of our major sales regions say that we can't call ourselves "Cathay Pacific' because people would think we are a Chinese restaurant!" Cheng laughs.
"People said 'You must have Airline or Airways attached to your name'."
Cathay Pacific was also one of the few airlines at the time which didn't include the name of a country in its brand. "Among Singapore Airlines, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Thai and so on, we were an odd one out."
Maybe someone should let Cheng, the Director of Sales and Marketing, know that the actual name of the company is 'Cathay Pacific Airways'.
