Back Cathay Pacific Afrikaans كاثي باسيفيك Arabic كاثى باسيفيك ARZ Cathay Pacific AST ক্যাথে প্যাসিফিক Bengali/Bangla Cathay Pacific Catalan Cathay Pacific Czech Cathay Pacific Danish Cathay Pacific German Cathay Pacific English
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| Founded | 24 September 1946 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Hong Kong International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Cathay | ||||||
| Alliance | Oneworld | ||||||
| Destinations | 76 | ||||||
| Parent company | Swire Pacific | ||||||
Cathay Pacific Limited is an airline based in Hong Kong. It transports passengers and cargo to over 120 cities world-wide. Its main base and hub is at Hong Kong International Airport. It is one of the six airlines in the world to get a five star rating from Skytrax. It won "Airline of the Year" award from Skytrax in 2003, 2005 and 2009. Its sister airline is Dragon air which serves destinations in mainland China and Asia. Cathay Pacific operates a fleet of Airbus A321, Airbus A321NEO, Airbus A330, Airbus A350 and Boeing 777. While Cathay Pacific Cargo uses 2 different models of the Boeing 747. The airline was created on the 24th of September in 1946, by Sydney H. de Kantzow and Roy C. Farrell. Cathay Pacific and Cathay Pacific Cargo, together with Dragonair, carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.8 million tons of cargo and mail. Cathay Pacific is also one of the founding members of the Oneworld alliance.