cathay dragon is the name of the hong kong airline owned by cathay pacific.
cathay dragon is the name of the hong kong airline owned by cathay pacific.
what is the name of the hong kong airline owned by cathay pacific?
cathay dragon
cathay pacific airways limited (cpa), also known as cathay pacific or cathay, is the flag carrier of hong kong, with its head office and main hub located at hong kong international airport. the airline's operations and subsidiaries have scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 190 destinations in more than 60 countries worldwide including codeshares and joint ventures. cathay pacific operates a fleet of wide-body aircraft, consisting of airbus a330, airbus a350 and boeing 777 equipment. cathay pacific cargo operates three models of the boeing 747. wholly owned subsidiary airline cathay dragon operates to 44 destinations in the asia-pacific region from its hong kong base. in 2010, cathay pacific and cathay pacific cargo, together with cathay dragon, carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.8 million tons of cargo and mail.
cathay pacific
in the 1970s, cathay pacific installed a computerised reservation system and flight simulators. in 1971, cathay pacific airways received the first wide-body aircraft 707-320b produced by boeing. the new aircraft sported a new lively green colour known as brunswick green. in 1974, cathay pacific almost purchased the mcdonnell douglas dc10 to open a new flight route. during the flight route application process with the british government, due to the pressure from the british government, cathay pacific airways changed the application to apply for a route from hong kong to london using a boeing 747. the application was ultimately rejected. in 1979, the airline acquired its first boeing 747 and applied for traffic rights to fly to london in 1980, with the first flight taking place on 16 july. by 1973, cathay pacific were carrying one million people every year. expansion continued into the 1980s. due to the worldwide economic boom, more business travelers, tourists, and cargo were flying than ever before. cathay pacific kept its nonstop service to vancouver in 1983, with continuing service on to san francisco in 1986 when an industry-wide boom encouraged route growth to many european and north american centres including london, brisbane, frankfurt, amsterdam, rome, paris, zurich and manchester. in 1982, cathay pacific airways set up cathay pacific cargo, which provided cargo service to ingratiate the trend of hong kong becoming one of the largest re-export trading ports of the world. the airline's long-haul dedicated cargo services started a twice a week with hong kong-frankfurt-london service operated jointly with lufthansa.
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