41 Facts About Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific operates a fleet consisting of Airbus A321, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330, Airbus A350, and Boeing 777 aircraft.

Cathay Pacific is the world's fifth largest airline measured by sales, and fourteenth largest measured by market capitalisation.

In 2010, Cathay Pacific became the world's largest international cargo airline, along with main hub Hong Kong International Airport as the world's busiest airport measured by cargo traffic.

Cathay Pacific Airways was founded on 24 September 1946 in Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific began freight services on 28 January 1946 from Sydney to Shanghai, after Farrell and Russell flew the plane to Australia and obtained a license to carry freight earlier that month.

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Cathay Pacific returned to Texas and became a successful businessman.

In 1959, Cathay Pacific acquired Hong Kong Airways, and became the dominant airline in Hong Kong.

In 1974, Cathay Pacific almost purchased the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 to open a new flight route.

In 1982, Cathay Pacific Airways introduced Cathay Pacific Cargo, which provided cargo service to ingratiate the trend of Hong Kong, becoming one of the largest re-export trading ports of the world.

Cathay Pacific kept its service to Vancouver in 1983, with service on to San Francisco in 1986, when an industry-wide boom encouraged route growth to many European and North American centres including London, Brisbane, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Rome, Paris, Zurich and Manchester.

In 1997, Cathay Pacific updated the registration numbers and flags on its fleet in conjunction with the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China.

Cathay Pacific temporarily took over the domestic and international operations of Philippine Airlines during its two-week shutdown from 26 September to 7 October 1998.

On Monday, 6 July 1998, Cathay Pacific terminated flights from Kai Tak International Airport to London Heathrow Airport after over 73 years of operation.

The next day, Cathay Pacific began flights from New York John F Kennedy International Airport to the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok.

Cathay Pacific steadfastly refused to negotiate with the HKAOA under threat of industrial action.

Cathay Pacific held that remarks by then-chief operating officer Philip Chen Nanlok and current chief executive Tony Tyler after the sackings were defamatory.

The finding that Cathay Pacific wrongly sacked the 18 pilots for their union activities was upheld.

In January 2016, Cathay Pacific announced it was rebranding Dragonair as Cathay Dragon.

On 21 October 2020, Cathay Pacific announced that it would shut down all operations of Cathay Dragon and merge it with its parent company due to the lack of customers and heavy economic problems brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cathay Pacific introduced anniversary merchandise and in-flight meals served by restaurants in Hong Kong in collaboration with the celebrations.

In June 2008, Cathay Pacific entered into a plea bargain with the United States Department of Justice in respect of antitrust investigations over air cargo price-fixing agreements.

The breaches for which Cathay Pacific Cargo were being investigated in the US were not illegal under Hong Kong competition law.

Flattening out of fuel prices resulted in Cathay Pacific recording a paper fuel hedging gain for its half-year reports for 2009.

Cathay Pacific noted that it could take 20 passengers in economy to make up for the lost revenue of one fewer first class passenger flying to New York from Hong Kong.

On 8 October 2016, Cathay Pacific retired their last passenger Boeing 747 with a farewell scenic flight around Hong Kong after over 35 years of service of the type.

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Cathay Pacific operated the 747 since August 1979, when it was inaugurated on services to Australia.

On 27 March 2019, Cathay Pacific officially announced it would acquire HK Express, the only low-cost carrier in Hong Kong, citing to "expect synergies in generating a new business model and is a practical way to support long-term development and to enhance competitiveness".

The Beijing government, which is a shareholder in Cathay Pacific, ordered Cathay to suspend any employees who participated in the protest.

Cathay Pacific reduced international flights during the COVID-19 pandemic, which negatively impacted the aviation industry and flight demands, while causing travel bans globally.

Cathay Pacific City was scheduled to be built in increments between April and September 1998.

Cathay Pacific has diversified into related industries and sectors, including ground handling, aviation engineering, inflight catering.

Cathay Pacific serves 88 destinations, but not including codeshare in 46 countries and territories on five continents, with a well-developed Asian network.

Cathay Pacific operates narrow-body, wide-body, twin-engine commercial fleet composed of Airbus A321, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330, Airbus A350 and Boeing 777 aircraft and a Boeing 747 cargo fleet.

Cathay Pacific has two loyalty programs: The loyalty program Marco Polo Club and Asia Miles, the travel reward program.

Cathay Pacific launched a mobile application on App Store and Google Play, formerly named CX Mobile.

Cathay Pacific is following a trend among many airlines to improve its brand image to customers and shareholders with social media, and is ranked fourth worldwide.

On 4 January 2011, the cargo division of the airline, Cathay Pacific Cargo, became the first airline operating out of Hong Kong to fully switch to e-air waybill.

In 2016, upon delivery of brand new Airbus A350s, Cathay Pacific introduced a refreshed reverse herringbone seat designed by Porsche Design, with HD personal televisions and additional enclosed storage space on the side.

Cathay Pacific updated its economy class seats in March 2012, replacing the older fixed back design.

Cathay Pacific had ten incidents and accidents over its history, although none have resulted in a hull loss or loss of life since 1972.

Cathay Pacific is generally regarded to have a good safety reputation and has been rated as one of the world's safest airlines.