It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some airplane art on this Valentines Day. (Not that Valentines Day makes any difference for what sort of picture was going to be posted today). This week, coming to the gate at Hong Kong International Airport on a mildly warm Sunday is a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300. Cathay Pacific operate a fleet of 41 Airbus A330-300s in … [Read more...]
Growing Old in Style – With Cathay Pacific and British Airways in Business Class
Growing Old in Style - With Cathay Pacific and British Airways in Business Class Index: 40.. wait? You're 40??? Off to Heathrow with National Express Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 and British Airways Galleries First BA936 London Heathrow to Düsseldorf in Club Europe Düsseldorf airport and the most boring lounge... in the world (Lufthansa Business … [Read more...]
SNAPSHOT: Cathay Pacific CX0376 Düsseldorf to Hong Kong in Business Classs
Lets continue the snapshots as I take a look at Cathay Pacific between Dusseldorf and Hong Kong aboard CX0376. The route The route is a new one for Cathay Pacific, which started operations on 1st September 2015, operating four times a week between Hong Kong and Düsseldorf. The plane It's a Boeing 777-300ER. The plane operates in a four class configuration (First, … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art (even though I'm on the train home from Hong Kong and am completely behind my posting schedule). This week, taxing at Hong Kong International Airport is a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300 (#AVGeek check - It's B-HNK). Cathay Pacific operate 12 Boeing 777-300s in their regional fleet in a three class … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific adds Dusseldorf to its network
Cathay Pacific continues to build its European network - with a new destination in Germany. That destination is Düsseldorf. Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER at London Heathrow, Image - Economy Class and Beyond The Hong Kong based airline will operate four flights a week to Düsseldorf, based on the following proposed timetable from Cathay Pacific, to commence from the 1st … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair to allow gate-to-gate electronics use
Following along from other countries and other airlines, The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department is allowing airlines to use personal electronic devices from the 15th September. The net upshot is that the first airlines to take advantage of this will be Cathay Pacific and DragonAir. Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 arriving at Hong Kong International Airport DragonAir Airbus … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a bit of a classic (as I found this image in a batch for images for an article I'm writing at the moment), with a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 aircraft returning to its home base of Hong Kong International Airport, as the thrust reversers are deployed to slow the plane as it lands. The image … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific pulls A340s out of Europe
It seems as Cathay Pacific moves their fleet around, aircraft are being switched out in favour of different planes. This is visible in Cathay Pacific's plans to switch out Airbus A340-300s for Boeing 777-300ERs on their from Amsterdam, Paris and Rome. Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER at London Heathrow - Image GhettoIFE. First to switch over will be the service to Amsterdam, … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific to return to Manchester
As I'm fond of reminding some people "There is life beyond London and the South East of England". I know for most people down south this is a shock, but it is a truth as there is thriving industry and commerce in Scotland, the North East, the North West, the Midlands, Wales, Nortern Ireland and the South West of England. And this is true to flying. Amazingly, not all of us … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific buys itself some very big Christmas presents
It seems that Cathay Pacific is keeping a very close eye on the future, with the recent orders it has made. Firstly, it has become the first Asian airline to order the Boeing 777X aircraft, with the airline signing for 21 frames based on the 777-9X. The airline hopes to have the aircraft delivered between 2021 and 2024. Cathay Pacific will the fifth carrier to order … [Read more...]