Cathay Pacific Expansion

[CXRules]

Cathay Pacific reported record profit in 1H 2010, and announced order of 30 A350-900 and 6 additional B777-300ER.

That means the A350-900 will replace A340-300, B777-200, and some older A330-300, while B777-300ER (with 18 more to be delivered with the latest additional 6) will replace B747-400, with some growth.

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_HK/ ... 000ad21c39____

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_HK/ ... 000ad21c39____

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See Airbus press release: viewtopic.php?p=235981#p235981

[CXRules]

Cathay Pacific is expected to expand its Australian services

"Cathay spokesman David Bell said yesterday that the airline, which has more than 5 per cent of the market to and from Australia, would add four flights from Sydney from November 15, bringing it to four flights a day.

"The daily Perth-Hong Kong service would increase from November 16 by three flights to 10 flights a week, while an extra Brisbane-Cairns-Hong Kong service would be added from November 21.

"This brings Cairns up to daily and then it gives Brisbane 11 flights a week," Mr Bell said."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busines ... 5901796376

[CXRules]

Official announcement from Cathay on enhancing services to Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Cairns, Auckland, Toronto and Osaka, starting in Nov 2010. Paris will be increased to 11 flights a week, Toronto and Auckland to 12 flights a week, and Osaka to 4 flights a day.

http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_HK/ ... 0007d21c39____

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its a shame CX doesn't order the 748 to replace the 744's

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In an interview with Bloomberg, CX CEO Tony Tyler said that new A350-900 will be used to serve new secondary cities in Europe and the U.S. that don’t have enough demand to fill larger planes.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-0 ... good-.html

So which "secondary cities" is he talking about? He refused to elaborate in the interview, but that doesn't stop us from guessing...

USA: Chicago, Dallas-Ft Worth, Houston, Las Vegas, Honolulu
Europe: Manchester (UK), Zurich, Berlin, Istanbul, Stockholm, Barcelona, Brussel, Budapest