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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

Cathay Pacific Airways
國泰航空
Cathay Pacific logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
CX CPA CATHAY
Founded 24 September 1946 (1946-09-24)
Hubs Hong Kong International Airport
Frequent-flyer program
  • Asia Miles
  • The Marco Polo Club
Alliance Oneworld
Subsidiaries
Fleet size 146
Destinations 80 excl subsidiaries
Company slogan Life Well Travelled
Traded as 293
Headquarters Cathay City, Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
Key people
Revenue DecreaseHK$92.751 million (2016)
Operating income Decrease HK$223 million (2016)
Net income Decrease −HK$274 million (2016)
Employees 23,000 (Oct 2016, Cathay Pacific), 33,800 (Oct 2016, incl. subsidiaries)
Website 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
Cathay Pacific Airways
Traditional Chinese 國泰航空
Simplified Chinese 国泰航空
Cantonese Yale Gwoktaai Hòhnghūng
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 國泰航空公司
Simplified Chinese 国泰航空公司
Cathay Pacific
Traditional Chinese 國泰
Simplified Chinese 国泰
Literal meaning Peaceful Country

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and subsidiaries have scheduled passenger and cargo services to 201 destinations in more than 60 countries worldwide including codeshares and joint ventures. Cathay Pacific operates a fleet of wide-body aircraft, consisting of Airbus A330, Airbus A350 and Boeing 777 equipment. Cathay Pacific Cargo operates two models of the Boeing 747. Wholly owned subsidiary airline Cathay Dragon operates to 44 destinations in the Asia-Pacific region from its Hong Kong base. In 2010, Cathay Pacific and Cathay Pacific Cargo, together with Dragonair (rebranded Cathay Dragon), carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.8 million tons of cargo and mail.

The airline was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell. The airline made the world's first non-stop transpolar flight flying over the North Pole in July 1998, which was also the maiden flight to arrive at the then new Hong Kong International Airport. The airline celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2006; and as of October 2009, its major shareholders are Swire Pacific and Air China. It is reciprocally one of the major shareholders of Air China. On 6 November 2017, Qatar Airways acquired a 9.6% shareholding of Cathay Pacific, becoming its 3rd largest shareholder.


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