Cathay Pacific Airways Limited | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 06/01/2019

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00:02:18 1 History
00:02:27 1.1 1946–1960: The early years
00:08:09 1.2 1960–1990: Expansion
00:09:39 1.3 1990–2000: Rebranding, renewal, and Oneworld
00:12:48 1.3.1 New Hong Kong International Airport and transpolar flights
00:14:10 1.4 2000–2010: Industrial troubles and acquisitions
00:15:43 1.4.1 The 49ers – employment dispute
00:21:22 1.4.2 Acquisition and downsizing of Dragonair
00:23:38 1.4.3 Economic challenges
00:26:55 1.5 2010–present: Current developments
00:29:12 1.5.1 2018 data breach
00:29:53 2 Corporate affairs and identity
00:30:29 2.1 Subsidiaries and associates
00:31:03 2.2 Livery
00:32:43 3 Destinations
00:33:35 3.1 Codeshare agreements
00:34:01 4 Fleet
00:34:33 5 Loyalty programs
00:34:58 5.1 Marco Polo Club
00:41:11 5.2 Asia Miles
00:42:05 6 Services
00:42:14 6.1 Ground handling
00:44:05 6.2 Cabin
00:44:13 6.2.1 First class
00:44:57 6.2.2 Business class
00:46:22 6.2.3 Premium Economy class
00:47:33 6.2.4 Economy class
00:49:26 6.3 In-flight entertainment
00:50:24 6.4 Catering
00:51:12 7 Accidents and incidents
00:54:21 8 See also



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Cathay Pacific Airways Limited 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 two 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 Dragonair (rebranded Cathay Dragon), carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.8 million tons of cargo and mail.
The airline was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell. 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. The airline celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2006; and as of  October 2009, its major shareholders are Swire Pacific and Air China. It is reciprocally one of the major shareholders of Air China. On 6 November 2017, Qatar Airways acquired a 9.6% shareholding of Cathay Pacific, becoming its 3rd largest shareholder.Cathay Pacific is the world's tenth largest airline measured in terms of sales, and fourteenth largest measured in terms of market capitalisation. In 2010, Cathay Pacific became the world's largest international cargo airline, along with main hub Hong Kong International Airport as the world's busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic.It is one of the founding members of the Oneworld alliance. Cathay Pacific's subsidiary Cathay Dragon is an affiliate member of Oneworld.