.... Newark International Airport, New Jersey! According to the ever reliable airlineroute.com, the service will commence on 1st March 2014 (from Hong Kong)/2nd March 2014 (from Newark) The timetable looks like this: CX890 DEPART HKG 17:00 ARRIVE EWR 21:00 CX899 DEPART EWR 01:50 ARRIVE HKG 05:40+1 Commences 1st March (HKG) / 2nd March (EWR) Operates Daily Booked … [Read more...]
1000th Airbus A330 rolls out for Cathay Pacific
Making a 1000 of anything big like aircraft is an impressive achievement, and Airbus today announced it has rolled out and delivered its 1000th Airbus A330. The 1000th Aircraft is for Cathay Pacific, and adorned as such. Images - Airbus SAS - This A330-300 will make up part of cadre of 56 A330's that Cathay Pacific and Dragonair own - making them the … [Read more...]
British Airways and Cathay Pacific expand codeshares
In the wake of the Joint Business Agreement split-up by Qantas and BA, Qantas has gone off with new partner Emirates, whilst British Airways has decided it seems to spend time with Cathay Pacific. As a result, the following routes from/to Hong Kong will have BA flight codes added, and operated by Cathay Pacific. Hong Kong <> Brisbane Hong Kong – Brisbane – Cairns … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific increases frequency from Hong Kong to Heathrow
Cathay Pacific is increasing its lions share of services between Hong Kong and London, with the addition of a FIFTH daily rotation between the two centres. Service CX239/CX238 will form the 5th rotation, using slots vacated by Air New Zealand who are throwing in the towel between Hong Kong and London. For what is turning almost into a shuttle service between the two … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER resting after its long trip from Hong Kong at London Heathrow Airport The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific A330
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, it's at Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 loading and preparing for its next flight at Hong Kong International Airport. The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific upgrades its Regional Business Class
Cathay Pacific is upgrading its Regional fleet of aircraft to feature a new business class cabin, and a new business class seat. The seat will offer a 47" pitch and a 21" width in a shell seat design. But how does that look in the flesh? Images - Cathay Pacific Well... it is green. Seats are controlled with independent controllers controlling recline, … [Read more...]
Farnborough 2012 Day 2 – News Roundup
Day Two of the Farnborough 2012 has flow - so let's see what big news has hit The big headline of the day goes to Cathay Pacific who have signed for 26 of the re-versioned Airbus A350-1000 - with Cathay ordering 10 on top of the original 16 A350-1000's ordered. This makes Cathay Pacific the largest planned operator of the A350-1000 which will fly up to 8,400nm with the … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific considers removing IFE units to save fuel
In an interesting move, Cathay Pacific is considering the removal of seat-back in-flight entertainment systems from its entire fleet. Why? To save weight and fuel IFE Systems add between one to two tonnes of weight on-board a plane. That weight has to be carried around where the plane goes, so more fuel is required. Multiply that over a fleet of planes, and the savings … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400
The week of Airplane art continues today with a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 pushing back from London Heathrow Terminal 3, beginning the long journey back to Hong Kong. More during the week, in what was meant to be a quiet week... that's turned into one of the busiest I've had of posting! … [Read more...]