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Cathay Pacific
IATA CX
ICAO CPA
Callsign Cathay
Founded 1946 Hubs Hong Kong International Airport
Frequent flyer program Asia Miles
Member lounge First/Business Class Lounge (no member lounges)
Alliance oneworld
Fleet size 95
Destinations 92
Parent company Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Headquarters Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Key people Philip Chen (CEO), David Turnbull (Chairman)
Website www.cathaypacific.com
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (Traditional Chinese: 國泰航空有限公司, Simplified Chinese: 国泰航空有限公司; Mandarin Pinyin: Guótài Hángkōng Yŏuxiàn Gōngsī; abbreviation: 國泰/国泰) (HKEx: 0293) is an Asian commercial airline based in Hong Kong. It operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 90 destinations world-wide. Its main base is Hong Kong International Airport, otherwise known as Chek Lap Kok International.
History
A Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 aircraft at London Heathrow
Cleaning a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 at Taipei Chiang Kai-shek International AirportCathay Pacific Airways was founded in Shanghai on September 24, 1946 by an American and an Australian, Roy Farrell and Sydney de Kantzow, both ex-air force, who each put up HK$1 to register the airline. According to legend, the airline was conceived by Farrell and some foreign correspondents at the bar of the Manila Hotel. They had a single Douglas C-47. The company initially flew routes between Hong Kong, Sydney, Manila, Singapore, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, while scheduled service was limited to Manila, Singapore and Bangkok only. In 1948 Butterfield & Swire bought 45% of Cathay Pacific, with Australian National Airways taking 35% and Farrell and de Kantzow taking 10% each. The new company began operations on 1 July 1948 and was registered as Cathay Pacific Airways (1948) Ltd on 18 October 1948. Swire later acquired 52% of Cathay Pacific and the airline is still part of the Swire Group through Swire Pacific.
The airline prospered into the 1960s, buying rival Hong Kong Airways in 1959, recording double digit growth until 1967, acquiring its first jet engined aircraft (Convair 880) and beginning international routes to airports in Japan. In 1966 the airline had carried a million passengers. Expansion continued throughout the 1970s and especially the 1980s, when an industry-wide boom encouraged route growth to many European centres and Cathay Pacific went public in 1986. In January 1990, Cathay Pacific and its parent company Swire Pacific acquired a significant shareholding in Dragonair, and a 60% stake in cargo airline Air Hong Kong. The company was hurt by the Asian recession of the late 1990s, undergoing a reorganization and developing a new identity.
In 1996 the Chinese CITIC bought a 25% stake in Cathay Pacific. The Swire Group holding was reduced to 44% as two other Chinese companies, CNAC and CTS also bought substantial holdings. In September 1998 Cathay Pacific became a founder member of the Oneworld Alliance.
In 2004 the airline had a turnover of HK$ 39,065 million and made a profit of HK$ 4,417 million. The airline is now owned by Swire Group (45.11%) and Citic Pacific (25.4%) and has 15,040 employees (at January 2005).
Awards
Rated as one of the four five-star airlines by Skytrax
Skytrax Audit-approved airline
Skytrax World's Best First Class Lounge Award 2005
Skytrax World's Best Business Class Lounge Award 2005
Skytrax World's Best Airline Award 2003, 2005
Skytrax World's Best First Class 2004, 2005
Skytrax World's Best Transpacific Airlines 2004
Cathay Pacific's home base at Hong Kong International Airport was voted the world's best airport in 2005 for the fifth year running.
Holder of a Pacific Imperial Mark.
Cathay Pacific was recently named the Best Overall Airline in the world by passengers surveyed. Source
Onboard services
Entertainment
Cathay Pacific's entertainment system is called StudioCX.
Personal Television (PTV) is available in all classes and on all flights. Passengers in all classes can choose from more than 20 different video channels. Ten interactive games are available on all long-haul flights.
Audio/Video on Demand (AVOD) service is available for all First and Business Class passengers on all long-haul flights.
StudioCX provides many programmes and films mainly in Cantonese and English with some programmes in Mandarin and Japanese. On selected routes there are also many English-language movies with alternative soundtracks in a broad range of European and Asian languages.
The StudioCX system is being upgraded in all classes and the first aircraft featuring the upgraded system (an A330-300) is already in service. However, AVOD is not available for the Economy Class even with the upgraded system, instead they have video channels with a better programming.
Cathay Pacific Network
Cathay Pacific Cargo has launched daily freighter services from Hong Kong to Shanghai using Boeing 747-200F aircraft, making it the second mainland China city served after it resumed passenger services to Beijing in December 2003, after a 13 year break (ref: Airliner World, March 2005).
The first flight to land at the new Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, was the Cathay Pacific flight CX6889 from New York JFK Airport, USA, non-stop and flying over the North Pole, which arrived at 06:30am Hong Kong time at July 6, 1998. This flight was named "Polar One". This flight path has now become the main route from the U.S. East Coast to Asia. The non-stop route from Hong Kong to New York JFK over the North Pole became fully operational on 1 July 2004 with A340-600 aircraft. It is Cathay Pacific's longest direct flight, lasting for 16 hours.
After 25 years of operating flights to London, Cathay Pacific annouced on June 27, 2005 the addition of a fourth daily non-stop flight to the British capital. The new service will begin on December 1, 2005 and will be operated by an Airbus A340-300 in a three class configuration.
On August 1st 2005, Cathay Pacific added a third daily non-stop service to Los Angeles.
On August 3rd 2005, Cathay Pacific announced the addition of a second daily non-stop flight to and from Jakarta. This new service will be operated by an Airbus A330-300 (two class configuration) starting on November 1st 2005. This new service will replace a current one-stop service to Jakarta via Singapore.
Cathay Pacific will also add new freighter service to Atlanta and Dallas later this year (2005).
The fifth daily flight to Seoul, South Korea will begin with effect from January 27, 2006.
The flights to Manchester, United Kingdom will be resumed at March 27,2006 together with the launch of the new direct service of Moscow, Russia (being the intermediate stop) with flight numbers CX236/237, operating three flights a week, in addition to the current code-share service of Aeroflot.
On December 7, 2005, Cathay Pacific announced it will strengthen Hong Kong and Europe's connections with a daily service to Rome, starting March 27, 2006. Cathay Pacific is the only airline that operates direct flights to Italy from Hong Kong.
Codeshare partners
Cathay Pacific network is expanding rapidly with many codeshare links from oneworld hubs such as American Airlines' Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles International, San Francisco International and British Airways' London Heathrow.
Cathay Pacific has also started to codeshare on France SNCF TGV Trains from Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle TGV Station to ten French cities.
The following are codeshare partners and codeshare links of Cathay Pacific:
Air China: Cathay Pacific will codeshare with Air China on flights between Hong Kong and Beijing with effect from October 30, 2005. Cathay Pacific has a 10% equity holding in Air China.
Aeroflot: Cathay Pacific puts its "CX" code on Aeroflot's four flights weekly between Hong Kong and Moscow.
American Airlines (oneworld member): Cathay Pacific puts its code on American Airlines' flights to more than 20 US cities from American Airlines' hubs including Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth and New York.
British Airways (oneworld member): British Airways carries the "CX" code to more than 15 European cities from London Heathrow. Cathay Pacific also carries the "BA" code from Hong Kong to some South Asian destinations such as Denpasar (Bali).
Iberia Airlines (oneworld member): Cathay Pacific codeshares on Iberia's flights from Amsterdam to Madrid and from London to Barcelona. In return, Iberia puts its "IB" code on Cathay Pacific's flights between Amsterdam and Hong Kong.
Japan Airlines (oneworld member-to-be): Cathay Pacific codeshares with Japan Airlines from Hong Kong to Fukuoka, Nagoya and Osaka.
Malaysia Airlines: Cathay Pacific codeshares with Malaysia Airlines on flights between Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Qantas (oneworld member): Cathay Pacific carries "QF" code from Hong Kong to Rome. However, there is no codeshare agreement for flights between Hong Kong and Australia.
SNCF TGV Trains: Cathay Pacific puts its "CX" code on the train services from Paris' Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle TGV Station to Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Poitiers, St-Pierre des Corps / Tours and Valence.
South African Airways: The two carriers codeshare on all flights between Hong Kong and Johannesburg. However, the agreement will be terminated in early 2006 since South African Airways will join Star Alliance.
Vietnam Airlines: Cathay Pacific codeshares with Vietnam Airlines on all flights between Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
Future destinations
Cathay Pacific is expanding its worldwide operations from Hong Kong by increasing the frequency of flights on existing routes. In addition, Cathay Pacific will in the near future start or resume services to destinations that it does not currently serve from its Hong Kong hub.
Possible new services from Hong Kong:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (via Vancouver, Canada) (Chicago O'Hare International Airport)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Dallas, United States (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
Munich, Germany (Munich International Airport)
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Possible new transatlantic service from London Heathrow to
New York, United States
Possible resumed services from Hong Kong:
Zurich, Switzerland (Zurich International Airport)
Flight Numbers
Generally, flight numbers are allocated according to geographical regions:
CX001-CX099: Cathay Pacific Cargo flights
CX100-CX199: Oceania-bound destinations
CX200-CX299: Europe-bound destinations
CX300-CX399: China-bound destinations
CX400-CX499: Taiwan and Korea-bound destinations
CX500-CX599: Japan-bound destinations
CX600-CX699: unutilized
CX700-CX799: Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East and Africa-bound destinations
CX800-CX899: North America-bound destinations
of which CX8?8/8?9 are always flights to/from Canada
CX1??? series: code-share flights operated by other airlines from/to Hong Kong, except
CX12?? series: British domestic codeshares operated by British Airways
CX2??? series: Charter flights
CX7??? series: North America codeshares operated by American Airlines
CX9??? series: Europe codeshares operated by British Airways, Iberia, SNCF or Aeroflot
Fleet
Cathay Pacific's aircraft fleet of 95 planes is fitted with 3 classes of service (First, Business, and Economy) for long-haul flights, and 2 classes of service (Regional Business and Economy) for short-haul flights.
Current fleet by aircraft size
(as of 1 December 2005) Aircraft In Operation
(on order) Seat Configuration Notes
Airbus A330-300 (330) 21 (3) J44/Y267(311) With new Regional Business Class on some aircraft
Airbus A330-300 (333) 5 P8/J32/Y211(251) With new Long Haul Business Class
Airbus A340-300 (34C) 5 P8/J30/Y205(243) With new Long Haul Business Class
Airbus A340-300 (34D) 10 J30/Y257(287) With new Long Haul Business Class
Airbus A340-600 (346) 3 P8/J60/Y218(286) With new Long Haul Business Class and Enhanced Economy Class
Boeing 747-200F 7 -
Boeing 747-400 (744) 18 (1) P12/J47/Y324(383) With new Long Haul Business Class
Boeing 747-400 Premium (74J) 4 P12/J65/Y268(345) With new Long Haul Business Class
Boeing 747-400F/BCF 6 (6) -
Boeing 777-200 (777) 5 J45/Y291(336)
Boeing 777-300 (773) 11 (1) J59/Y326(385) With new Regional Business Class on some aircraft
Boeing 777-300ER (77W) 0 (16) N/A With new Long Haul Business Class
On July 29 2005, Cathay Pacific took delivery of its 95th aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, which is equipped with new-generation entertainment system. Cathay Pacific has 3 more Airbus A330-300s on firm order, and a new Boeing 777-300, and will also be adding to its fleet 5 used Boeing 747-400s. By September 2006, Cathay's 60th Anniversary, its fleet size will reach 100 aircraft.
On December 1 2005, Cathay Pacific announced one of its biggest aircraft order in its history, ordering 16 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft (12 from Boeing and 4 on lease from ILFC to be delivered between September 2007 and July 2010, plus an option of 20 more of the type. It also orders 3 more Airbus A330-300 from Airbus the same day, with the delivery of the aircraft in 2008.
Historic Fleet
Since its foundation in 1946, Cathay Pacific had operated many fleet types. Types of aircraft that had been in service with Cathay Pacific are Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Convair 880, Boeing 707-320, Boeing 747-200, Boeing 747-300, Airbus A340-200 (leased from Philippine Airlines for 3 years before delivery of A340-300) and Lockheed L-1011-100 (Tristar). In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cathay Pacific was the largest operator of Lockheed Tristar outside USA.
Loyalty programmes
Cathay Pacific has 2 programmes, the first being The Marco Polo Club ("The Club") and Asia Miles. The Marco Polo Club, for the one-time administration fee of $50 USD (waived for Citibank Cathay Pacific credit cardholders), allows members exclusive benefits tailored especially for them. Asia Miles is a separate travel reward programme that comprises a variety of airlines and hotel partners in Asia, as well as credit / charge card companies, car rental agencies, telecommunication companies and other non-airline partners. Members of The Club are automatically enrolled as Asia Miles members.
IATA CX
ICAO CPA
Callsign Cathay
Founded 1946 Hubs Hong Kong International Airport
Frequent flyer program Asia Miles
Member lounge First/Business Class Lounge (no member lounges)
Alliance oneworld
Fleet size 95
Destinations 92
Parent company Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Headquarters Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
Key people Philip Chen (CEO), David Turnbull (Chairman)
Website www.cathaypacific.com
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (Traditional Chinese: 國泰航空有限公司, Simplified Chinese: 国泰航空有限公司; Mandarin Pinyin: Guótài Hángkōng Yŏuxiàn Gōngsī; abbreviation: 國泰/国泰) (HKEx: 0293) is an Asian commercial airline based in Hong Kong. It operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 90 destinations world-wide. Its main base is Hong Kong International Airport, otherwise known as Chek Lap Kok International.
History
A Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 aircraft at London Heathrow
Cleaning a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400
A Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 at Taipei Chiang Kai-shek International AirportCathay Pacific Airways was founded in Shanghai on September 24, 1946 by an American and an Australian, Roy Farrell and Sydney de Kantzow, both ex-air force, who each put up HK$1 to register the airline. According to legend, the airline was conceived by Farrell and some foreign correspondents at the bar of the Manila Hotel. They had a single Douglas C-47. The company initially flew routes between Hong Kong, Sydney, Manila, Singapore, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, while scheduled service was limited to Manila, Singapore and Bangkok only. In 1948 Butterfield & Swire bought 45% of Cathay Pacific, with Australian National Airways taking 35% and Farrell and de Kantzow taking 10% each. The new company began operations on 1 July 1948 and was registered as Cathay Pacific Airways (1948) Ltd on 18 October 1948. Swire later acquired 52% of Cathay Pacific and the airline is still part of the Swire Group through Swire Pacific.
The airline prospered into the 1960s, buying rival Hong Kong Airways in 1959, recording double digit growth until 1967, acquiring its first jet engined aircraft (Convair 880) and beginning international routes to airports in Japan. In 1966 the airline had carried a million passengers. Expansion continued throughout the 1970s and especially the 1980s, when an industry-wide boom encouraged route growth to many European centres and Cathay Pacific went public in 1986. In January 1990, Cathay Pacific and its parent company Swire Pacific acquired a significant shareholding in Dragonair, and a 60% stake in cargo airline Air Hong Kong. The company was hurt by the Asian recession of the late 1990s, undergoing a reorganization and developing a new identity.
In 1996 the Chinese CITIC bought a 25% stake in Cathay Pacific. The Swire Group holding was reduced to 44% as two other Chinese companies, CNAC and CTS also bought substantial holdings. In September 1998 Cathay Pacific became a founder member of the Oneworld Alliance.
In 2004 the airline had a turnover of HK$ 39,065 million and made a profit of HK$ 4,417 million. The airline is now owned by Swire Group (45.11%) and Citic Pacific (25.4%) and has 15,040 employees (at January 2005).
Awards
Rated as one of the four five-star airlines by Skytrax
Skytrax Audit-approved airline
Skytrax World's Best First Class Lounge Award 2005
Skytrax World's Best Business Class Lounge Award 2005
Skytrax World's Best Airline Award 2003, 2005
Skytrax World's Best First Class 2004, 2005
Skytrax World's Best Transpacific Airlines 2004
Cathay Pacific's home base at Hong Kong International Airport was voted the world's best airport in 2005 for the fifth year running.
Holder of a Pacific Imperial Mark.
Cathay Pacific was recently named the Best Overall Airline in the world by passengers surveyed. Source
Onboard services
Entertainment
Cathay Pacific's entertainment system is called StudioCX.
Personal Television (PTV) is available in all classes and on all flights. Passengers in all classes can choose from more than 20 different video channels. Ten interactive games are available on all long-haul flights.
Audio/Video on Demand (AVOD) service is available for all First and Business Class passengers on all long-haul flights.
StudioCX provides many programmes and films mainly in Cantonese and English with some programmes in Mandarin and Japanese. On selected routes there are also many English-language movies with alternative soundtracks in a broad range of European and Asian languages.
The StudioCX system is being upgraded in all classes and the first aircraft featuring the upgraded system (an A330-300) is already in service. However, AVOD is not available for the Economy Class even with the upgraded system, instead they have video channels with a better programming.
Cathay Pacific Network
Cathay Pacific Cargo has launched daily freighter services from Hong Kong to Shanghai using Boeing 747-200F aircraft, making it the second mainland China city served after it resumed passenger services to Beijing in December 2003, after a 13 year break (ref: Airliner World, March 2005).
The first flight to land at the new Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, was the Cathay Pacific flight CX6889 from New York JFK Airport, USA, non-stop and flying over the North Pole, which arrived at 06:30am Hong Kong time at July 6, 1998. This flight was named "Polar One". This flight path has now become the main route from the U.S. East Coast to Asia. The non-stop route from Hong Kong to New York JFK over the North Pole became fully operational on 1 July 2004 with A340-600 aircraft. It is Cathay Pacific's longest direct flight, lasting for 16 hours.
After 25 years of operating flights to London, Cathay Pacific annouced on June 27, 2005 the addition of a fourth daily non-stop flight to the British capital. The new service will begin on December 1, 2005 and will be operated by an Airbus A340-300 in a three class configuration.
On August 1st 2005, Cathay Pacific added a third daily non-stop service to Los Angeles.
On August 3rd 2005, Cathay Pacific announced the addition of a second daily non-stop flight to and from Jakarta. This new service will be operated by an Airbus A330-300 (two class configuration) starting on November 1st 2005. This new service will replace a current one-stop service to Jakarta via Singapore.
Cathay Pacific will also add new freighter service to Atlanta and Dallas later this year (2005).
The fifth daily flight to Seoul, South Korea will begin with effect from January 27, 2006.
The flights to Manchester, United Kingdom will be resumed at March 27,2006 together with the launch of the new direct service of Moscow, Russia (being the intermediate stop) with flight numbers CX236/237, operating three flights a week, in addition to the current code-share service of Aeroflot.
On December 7, 2005, Cathay Pacific announced it will strengthen Hong Kong and Europe's connections with a daily service to Rome, starting March 27, 2006. Cathay Pacific is the only airline that operates direct flights to Italy from Hong Kong.
Codeshare partners
Cathay Pacific network is expanding rapidly with many codeshare links from oneworld hubs such as American Airlines' Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles International, San Francisco International and British Airways' London Heathrow.
Cathay Pacific has also started to codeshare on France SNCF TGV Trains from Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle TGV Station to ten French cities.
The following are codeshare partners and codeshare links of Cathay Pacific:
Air China: Cathay Pacific will codeshare with Air China on flights between Hong Kong and Beijing with effect from October 30, 2005. Cathay Pacific has a 10% equity holding in Air China.
Aeroflot: Cathay Pacific puts its "CX" code on Aeroflot's four flights weekly between Hong Kong and Moscow.
American Airlines (oneworld member): Cathay Pacific puts its code on American Airlines' flights to more than 20 US cities from American Airlines' hubs including Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth and New York.
British Airways (oneworld member): British Airways carries the "CX" code to more than 15 European cities from London Heathrow. Cathay Pacific also carries the "BA" code from Hong Kong to some South Asian destinations such as Denpasar (Bali).
Iberia Airlines (oneworld member): Cathay Pacific codeshares on Iberia's flights from Amsterdam to Madrid and from London to Barcelona. In return, Iberia puts its "IB" code on Cathay Pacific's flights between Amsterdam and Hong Kong.
Japan Airlines (oneworld member-to-be): Cathay Pacific codeshares with Japan Airlines from Hong Kong to Fukuoka, Nagoya and Osaka.
Malaysia Airlines: Cathay Pacific codeshares with Malaysia Airlines on flights between Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Qantas (oneworld member): Cathay Pacific carries "QF" code from Hong Kong to Rome. However, there is no codeshare agreement for flights between Hong Kong and Australia.
SNCF TGV Trains: Cathay Pacific puts its "CX" code on the train services from Paris' Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle TGV Station to Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Poitiers, St-Pierre des Corps / Tours and Valence.
South African Airways: The two carriers codeshare on all flights between Hong Kong and Johannesburg. However, the agreement will be terminated in early 2006 since South African Airways will join Star Alliance.
Vietnam Airlines: Cathay Pacific codeshares with Vietnam Airlines on all flights between Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
Future destinations
Cathay Pacific is expanding its worldwide operations from Hong Kong by increasing the frequency of flights on existing routes. In addition, Cathay Pacific will in the near future start or resume services to destinations that it does not currently serve from its Hong Kong hub.
Possible new services from Hong Kong:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (via Vancouver, Canada) (Chicago O'Hare International Airport)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Dallas, United States (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
Munich, Germany (Munich International Airport)
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Possible new transatlantic service from London Heathrow to
New York, United States
Possible resumed services from Hong Kong:
Zurich, Switzerland (Zurich International Airport)
Flight Numbers
Generally, flight numbers are allocated according to geographical regions:
CX001-CX099: Cathay Pacific Cargo flights
CX100-CX199: Oceania-bound destinations
CX200-CX299: Europe-bound destinations
CX300-CX399: China-bound destinations
CX400-CX499: Taiwan and Korea-bound destinations
CX500-CX599: Japan-bound destinations
CX600-CX699: unutilized
CX700-CX799: Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East and Africa-bound destinations
CX800-CX899: North America-bound destinations
of which CX8?8/8?9 are always flights to/from Canada
CX1??? series: code-share flights operated by other airlines from/to Hong Kong, except
CX12?? series: British domestic codeshares operated by British Airways
CX2??? series: Charter flights
CX7??? series: North America codeshares operated by American Airlines
CX9??? series: Europe codeshares operated by British Airways, Iberia, SNCF or Aeroflot
Fleet
Cathay Pacific's aircraft fleet of 95 planes is fitted with 3 classes of service (First, Business, and Economy) for long-haul flights, and 2 classes of service (Regional Business and Economy) for short-haul flights.
Current fleet by aircraft size
(as of 1 December 2005) Aircraft In Operation
(on order) Seat Configuration Notes
Airbus A330-300 (330) 21 (3) J44/Y267(311) With new Regional Business Class on some aircraft
Airbus A330-300 (333) 5 P8/J32/Y211(251) With new Long Haul Business Class
Airbus A340-300 (34C) 5 P8/J30/Y205(243) With new Long Haul Business Class
Airbus A340-300 (34D) 10 J30/Y257(287) With new Long Haul Business Class
Airbus A340-600 (346) 3 P8/J60/Y218(286) With new Long Haul Business Class and Enhanced Economy Class
Boeing 747-200F 7 -
Boeing 747-400 (744) 18 (1) P12/J47/Y324(383) With new Long Haul Business Class
Boeing 747-400 Premium (74J) 4 P12/J65/Y268(345) With new Long Haul Business Class
Boeing 747-400F/BCF 6 (6) -
Boeing 777-200 (777) 5 J45/Y291(336)
Boeing 777-300 (773) 11 (1) J59/Y326(385) With new Regional Business Class on some aircraft
Boeing 777-300ER (77W) 0 (16) N/A With new Long Haul Business Class
On July 29 2005, Cathay Pacific took delivery of its 95th aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, which is equipped with new-generation entertainment system. Cathay Pacific has 3 more Airbus A330-300s on firm order, and a new Boeing 777-300, and will also be adding to its fleet 5 used Boeing 747-400s. By September 2006, Cathay's 60th Anniversary, its fleet size will reach 100 aircraft.
On December 1 2005, Cathay Pacific announced one of its biggest aircraft order in its history, ordering 16 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft (12 from Boeing and 4 on lease from ILFC to be delivered between September 2007 and July 2010, plus an option of 20 more of the type. It also orders 3 more Airbus A330-300 from Airbus the same day, with the delivery of the aircraft in 2008.
Historic Fleet
Since its foundation in 1946, Cathay Pacific had operated many fleet types. Types of aircraft that had been in service with Cathay Pacific are Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Convair 880, Boeing 707-320, Boeing 747-200, Boeing 747-300, Airbus A340-200 (leased from Philippine Airlines for 3 years before delivery of A340-300) and Lockheed L-1011-100 (Tristar). In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Cathay Pacific was the largest operator of Lockheed Tristar outside USA.
Loyalty programmes
Cathay Pacific has 2 programmes, the first being The Marco Polo Club ("The Club") and Asia Miles. The Marco Polo Club, for the one-time administration fee of $50 USD (waived for Citibank Cathay Pacific credit cardholders), allows members exclusive benefits tailored especially for them. Asia Miles is a separate travel reward programme that comprises a variety of airlines and hotel partners in Asia, as well as credit / charge card companies, car rental agencies, telecommunication companies and other non-airline partners. Members of The Club are automatically enrolled as Asia Miles members.
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Thanks for the info!
Gee buddy, you really put a lot of work into that post! I for one really appreciate the info. I should be getting an interview with Cathay in the next couple of months and I have heard that you can't be too prepared for their interview. Again, great work!
