Hong Kong Airline

Abstract

CURRENTLY operating on some of the longest sectors of any of the world's carriers, Cathay Pacific Airways pioneered a daily London — Hong Kong service in 1980 which it operated with a stop at Bahrein. A further advance was made in July, 1983 when the airline added a weekly non‐stop service from London. In May, 1984 the airline began flying from Hong Kong on a non‐stop basis for a weekly service which was operated until October when adverse weather made it necessary to keep this as a one‐stop facility. The non‐stop operation to London will however, be resumed in the middle of 1985. More evidence of the growth of long haul routes, in this case to Continental Europe, came with the start of a one‐stop operation between Frankfurt and Hong Kong which is undertaken four times a week and began in April, 1984. The airline also operates three times a week to Vancouver non‐stop from Hong Kong, which is its first service across the Pacific. Overall, the Cathay Pacific network serves 17 countries and includes destinations that range from Seoul in the north to Melbourne in the south, westward to London and east to Vancouver.

Citation

FORD C.Eng., T. and MRAeS (1985), "Hong Kong Airline", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 57 No. 3, pp. 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb036079