Cathay Pacific Airways

Cathay Pacific Airways | December 12, 2016

Some of Asia's marquee airlines that spoil passengers with free alcohol and in-flight entertainment may soon have to kick the habit. The on-board giveaways, famously rolled out to every passenger in the 1970s by Singapore Airlines, will be unsustainable for some carriers after OPEC's production cuts announced last week drive up the cost of fuel, according to aviation analysts. Other options include cutting unprofitable routes, retiring gas-guzzling aircraft and raising fares....

Cathay Pacific Airways | December 12, 2016

On the back of strengthening demand for flights connecting Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, Cathay Pacific today announced that its current four-times-weekly service to Gatwick will become a daily operation from June 2017. In a further boost to the airline's UK connectivity, Manchester will see the addition of a fifth weekly flight and become an all Airbus A350-900 operation in June....

Cathay Pacific Airways | December 04, 2016

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Asia’s biggest international carrier that’s conducting a critical review of its business, said senior staff won’t receive any salary increase for 2017 amid a challenging environment. Non-managerial staff in Hong Kong, where the carrier is based, will get a two percent salary raise for next year and a discretionary bonus equivalent to a month’s pay for 2016, the carrier said in an emailed statement Friday. Senior staff will receive their bonuse...

Cathay Pacific Airways | December 08, 2016

Cathay Pacific has announced it is bringing the world's newest plane, the Airbus A350, to Brisbane from March next year. The airline will introduce the A350 on its daily night-time flight from Brisbane to Hong Kong – a route said to be popular with business and leisure travellers....