Cathay adds extra flights to Australia, NZ
After announcing last week a swag of new aircraft orders and a first half profit of $HK 6,84 billion, ($A970 million), Cathay Pacific has followed up by reinstating more passenger capacity in line with strong demand.
Cathay chief Tony Tyler said, “We aim to increase overall passenger capacity by about four per cent for the Cathay Pacific Group, returning to 2008 pre-financial crisis levels.â€
From November, flights are being added on routes to Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Cairns, Auckland, Toronto and Osaka.
For its service between Hong Kong and Paris, the airline aims to gradually increase the number of flights to 11 per week by December.
Sydney will see flights increasing from 24 per week to four-times daily from November 15.
Perth will see three extra flights per week, making a total of 10 flights from November 16.
Cairns will move to a daily service and there will be a total of 11 flights to Brisbane from November 21
Auckland will see two more flights added, making a total of 12 flights per week from November 27.
Ian Jarrett
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