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(Bloomberg) -- Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will restart using Russian airspace several months after Moscow’s war in Ukraine upended the aviation industry and global flight paths, becoming among ...
March 1, 2001 (): With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, commercial overflights over Russia were now possible, allowing new circumpolar routes to come into use for airlines. [118] Continental Airlines launched a 12,980-kilometre (8,065 mi; 7,009 nmi) non-stop service from Newark to Hong Kong flying Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.
As of June 2023, Cathay Pacific serves 81 destinations including seasonal and cargo services, in 29 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] List
Cathay Pacific 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 its subsidiaries have scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 190 [5] [6] destinations and more than 60 countries worldwide including codeshares and joint ventures.
(Reuters) -Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will resume using Russian airspace on some flights, the Hong Kong-based airline said on Sunday, restarting flights it had stopped after Moscow ...
Asia Miles is a loyalty and frequent-flyer program launched by Cathay Pacific.Launched in February 1999, it allows members to earn miles by making different purchases with co-branded credit cards or on partnered flights, hotels, dining, financial services, retail, and technology products and services. [2]
On October 30, 2022, Cathay Pacific announced that it would resume using Russian airspace on some flights such as the "polar route" from New York to Hong Kong, which had stopped following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [14] Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian aircraft are not allowed to fly over numerous countries. These include ...
Cathay Pacific Flight 889 from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport, piloted by Captain Paul Horsting on 7 July 1998—the first arrival to the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok west of Hong Kong—appears to be the first non-stop flight over the Arctic polar region and over Russian airspace by a non-Russian airline.