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Cathay Pacific was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell. The airline celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2016. As of March 2024, its major shareholders are Swire Pacific with a 45% stake, Air China with 30% and Qatar Airways with 9.9%.
As of June 2023, Cathay Pacific serves 81 destinations including seasonal and cargo services, in 29 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. [ 1][ 2]
On 19 July 2019, Cathay Pacific announced the acquisition of Hong Kong Express Airways had been completed. HK Express is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific. However, HK Express will continue to operate as a low-cost carrier stand-alone airline.
On that day at 06:25 Hong Kong Time, Cathay Pacific Flight CX 889 from New York JFK Airport became the first commercial flight to land at the airport, pipping the original CX 292 from Rome which was the scheduled first arrival. [20] However, the airport had already started to experience some technical difficulties on the first day of opening.
In November 2011, Cathay Pacific received its second 747-8 freighter (B-LJA), which was painted in the Hong Kong Trader livery. The livery was designed to commemorate the topping out of the new Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal. The name of the livery was taken from Cathay Pacific's very first 747 freighter, which entered the fleet in 1982.
Cathay Dragon: DRAGON Hong Kong defunct IATA Code transferred to Aero Nomad Airlines: CX CPA Cathay Pacific: CATHAY Hong Kong CJR Caverton Helicopters: CAVERTON AIR Nigeria KX CAY Cayman Airways: CAYMAN Cayman Islands 5J CEB Cebu Pacific: CEBU Philippines CIL Cecil Aviation: CECIL United Kingdom CEG Cega Aviation: CEGA United Kingdom CEC Celtic ...
9. The 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown was an incident on 23 July 1954, when a Cathay Pacific Airways C-54 Skymaster [4] airliner was shot down by People's Liberation Army Air Force fighter aircraft. The event occurred off the coast of Hainan Island, where the plane was en route from Bangkok to Hong Kong, killing 10 of 19 passengers ...
Cathay Pacific City ( Chinese: 國泰城; Jyutping: gwok3 taai3 sing4 ), often referred as Cathay City, is the headquarters of Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's flag-carrying airline. It is located at Hong Kong International Airport, on the south side. Cathay Pacific Airways' first aircraft is still in Cathay City.