Cathay Pacific Airways

Cathay Pacific is the home airline of Hong Kong. Together with its subsidiaries, HK Express and AHK Air Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific had 234 aircraft at the end of 2021, of which 74 were held at parking locations outside of Hong Kong. Immediately prior to the onset of COVID-19, our airlines directly connected Hong Kong to 119 destinations in 35 countries worldwide (255 and 54 respectively with codeshare agreements), including 26 destinations in the Chinese Mainland. The Cathay Pacific Group was the world’s eighth-largest carrier of international passengers, and the third-largest carrier of international air cargo prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IATA’s 2019 World Air Transport Statistics. Cathay Pacific was founded in Hong Kong in 1946. The Group has been deeply committed to its home base over the past 75 years and remains so, making substantial investments to develop Hong Kong as one of the world’s leading international aviation centres. There are 53 new passenger aircraft (as at the end of 2021) scheduled to join the fleet in the coming years. Cathay Pacific itself had 193 passenger and cargo aircraft at the end of 2021. The Group’s other investments include its catering, laundry, ground-handling and cargo terminal companies, and its corporate headquarters at Hong Kong International Airport.