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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]
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, or simply 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.
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
Location of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is an autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia. [1] Hong Kong is one of the world's most significant financial centres, with the highest Financial Development Index score and consistently ranks as the world's most competitive and freest economic entity.
Singapore Airlines' pending entry into the Chinese market prompted the Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific to attempt to block the deal by buying a significant stake in China Eastern and voting down the deal together with Air China (which already held an 11% stake in China Eastern) at the shareholders' meeting in December 2007.
Cathay Bank (traditional Chinese: 國泰銀行; simplified Chinese: 国泰银行; pinyin: Guótài Yínháng) is a Chinese American bank founded in 1962. Cathay is headquartered in Chinatown, Los Angeles , with a corporate center in nearby El Monte, California .
On November 1st 2008, the company integrated services with Dragonair's ground handling company Hong Kong International Airport Services, soon after Cathay Pacific fully acquired Dragon Air. [7] On December 1st 2008, Cathay Pacific agreed to take the remaining stake of Hong Kong Airport Services, and it became a wholly owned subsidiary.
The cards are used by 98 percent of the population of Hong Kong aged 15 to 64 [1] and the system handles more than 15 million transactions, worth over HK$220 million, every day. [ 1 ] The Octopus card system was the world's second contactless smart card system, after the Korean Upass .