Recently we’ve seen Cathay Pacific increase services to Australia, make services more direct and upgrade existing routes with newer aircraft, in most cases with the A350. From October 207th Perth Airport will receive Cathay’s A350-900 aircraft which will operate the CX170/171 which runs daily from Hong Kong. CX171 departs Hong Kong at 2:55 PM and […]
I recently flew Cathay’s 5th freedom flight from Vancouver to New York and I got to experience their newish Vancouver lounge. The lounge opened on my 4th 2016 so it’s still quite a new space. The lounge has seating for 105 people and is approximately 510 sqaure meters, while I was visiting there were probably […]
Cathay First Class has to be one of the more reviewed products on the web, however, I hadn’t flown it on a long-haul flight so when I saw space available and my dates matched, I jumped at the opportunity to book it. As I mentioned in my coming up post, I booked the flight for 70K Alaska […]
Cathay Pacific are expected to introduce a dine on demand meal services on two of their popular routes this month. The routes will be, Hong Kong to LGW (London Gatwick) & ORD (Chicago O’Hare). If you’re not aware, London Gatwick receives an A350-900 from Cathay and Chicago O’Hare receive a 777-300ER. The topic has been discussed […]
Cathay Pacific will now fly to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 1st through to February 28th 2018. The airline plans to use their A350-900 aircraft on the route. Cathay’s A350-900 is a 3 class aircraft with 38 lie-flat Business Class seats, 28 Premium Economy and 214 Economy seats. At this stage the airline will run […]
Cathay Pacific has introduced a new menu for both First and Business Class guests. The new menu is part of a partnership with the Italian Michelin starred restaurant Tosca. For those not familiar the Tosca restaurant is located at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, the world’s tallest hotel. Here are the new menus: First class Fresh […]
On my recent Europe trip, I was headed to Prague for a few days, and I was flying British Airways from London Heathrow. A few days before my flight I checked to see which terminal the flight departs from and It was T3 which has the brand new Cathay Pacific lounge which only opened in December. Safe […]
Cathay Pacific has today commenced A350 services into Melbourne Airport. This is the first aircraft up gauge for Melbourne from Cathay for this year, From march 1st the Hong Kong-based airline will upgrade the CX163/178 service from an A330-300 to a 3 class 777-300ER. Here is the A350 schedule: CX105 leaves Hong Kong at 12:05 […]
Last year Cathay Pacific announced they would send their A350’s to Brisbane in March, and the date is now available. The airline will start A350 services on the 26th of March. CX156 will depart Hong Kong at 12:45 pm and arrive into Brisbane at 11:15 pm then CX157 will leave Brisbane at 12:55 am and arrive […]
Cathay Pacific has today announced a partnership with the Four Seasons Hong Kong hotel. The new partnership will see Marco Polo Gold and Diamond members receive unique benefits when staying at the property. Per Cathay Pacific, Cathay Pacific General Manager Marketing Julian Lyden said: “We are always looking at ways to enhance our Marco Polo […]
I’m not sure many saw this coming at all but, Cathay Pacific has just announced a partnership with Air Canada. The partnership means the two airlines will be codesharing selected services and their frequent flyer programs will have reciprocal benefits. The partnership is set to start the 12th of January 2017. Passengers will be able to […]
Hong Kong-based Airline Cathay Pacific has today announced that they will be flying their new state of the art A350-900 aircraft to Brisbane from March 2017. This will be the airline’s second Australian destination which will see the new aircraft after Melbourne. The aircraft will be operating the CX156/157 service which is currently operated by […]