Airlines

CATHAY PACIFIC

IATA – CX        ICAO - CPA      Callsign – CATHAY

Founded: 24 September 1946

Hubs: Hong Kong International Airport

Alliance: Oneworld

Fleet size: wide-body aircraft, consisting of Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A350, and Boeing 777 equipment.

Headquarters: Registered office: One Pacific Place, Admiralty, Hong Kong Head office: Cathay City, Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong. Its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations include scheduled passenger and cargo services to 200 destinations in 52 countries worldwide, codeshares and joint ventures.

The airline was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell, with each man putting up HK$1 to register the airline. 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

Cathay Pacific is a founding member of the Oneworld alliance. Cathay Pacific's subsidiary Cathay Dragon is an affiliate member of Oneworld. Cathay Pacific was awarded Skytrax's 2014 Airline of the Year and won the "World's Best Airline" award four times.