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Cathay Pacific Airlines

Cathay Pacific Airways, the renowned airways of South East Asia has its base at Hong Kong International Airport. Two ex-air force pilots called Roy Farrell (American) and Sydney de Kantzow (Australian) founded this airway on 24th September 1946. In yesteryears, it served only few cities and countries namely Sydney, Manila, Shanghai, Bangkok, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Singapore. With the augmentation in the number of travelers per day, the destinations they catered to were increased gradually; hereby increasing the annual revenue drastically.

Presently, it’s known for serving more that 104 destinations all around the world. The Cathay Pacific Airways had been awarded with a five star rating for operating scheduled and well managed cargo and passenger services. For its safety and comfortableness the Cathay Pacific Airways has also been highly credited by the IATA with IOSA (IATA Operations Safety Audit).

Out of the 103 planes that the Cathay Pacific Airways encompasses, 36 are equipped with 3 classes (First, Long-haul Business and Economy) and 47 with 2 classes (Long-Haul/ Regional Business and economy) of service. This airway also comprises 19 freighters. The following are the aircrafts and cargo fleets operated by this airway:

Airbus A330-300
Airbus A340-300
Airbus A340-600
Boeing 747-400
Boeing 777-200
Boeing 777-300
Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-200F
Boeing 747-400F
Boeing 747-400BCF
Boeing 747-400ERF

The Cathay Pacific Airways attends every need and comfortableness of its passengers.

They offer almost 20 video and audio channels, interactive games, in-flight magazines, English movies, catering services and so forth. For every class, depending on the rate of the tickets, additional benefits are also offered. Apart from taking pleasure of the services and facilities catered by the Cathay Pacific Airways, the passengers also enjoy the comfortable and friendly ambience created by there efficient staff.