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For the fleet of subsidiary Cathay Dragon, see Cathay Dragon § Fleet.

Cathay Pacific operates an all-wide-body fleet composed of Airbus A330, Airbus A350 XWB, and Boeing 777 aircraft.

Current fleet

Passenger aircraft

Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900
at Bangkok in new livery
Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300
at Dubai in former livery
Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-8F

As of September 2017, the Cathay Pacific comprises the following aircraft:[1]

Cathay Pacific Passenger Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F J W Y Total
Airbus A330-300 37 — — 24 — 293 317 B-HLU in Oneworld livery
— 39 21 191 251
— 39 — 223 262
Airbus A350-900 19 7 — 38 28 214 280
Airbus A350-1000 — 20[2] — 50 30 250 330
Boeing 777-200 5 — — 42 — 293 335
Boeing 777-300 12 － — 42 — 356 398
Boeing 777-300ER 53 — — 40 32 268 340 B-KPL in Oneworld livery.
B-KPB in The Spirit of Hong Kong livery
6 53 34 182 275
Boeing 777-9 — 21[3]
TBA
Cathay Pacific Cargo fleet
Boeing 747-400ERF 6 — Cargo
Boeing 747-8F 14 — Cargo B-LJA in Hong Kong Trader livery
Total 145 49

Cathay Pacific Cargo operates a fleet of over 20 freighters to more than 40 destinations around the world, in addition to utilising the cargo space on its passenger aircraft. The cargo subsidiary was established in 1981 with a twice-a-week Hong Kong–Frankfurt–London service operated jointly with Lufthansa.[4] Cathay Pacific Cargo handles most of the airline's passenger cargo.[citation needed] Between its cargo routes and passenger routes, it serves more than 80 destinations.

Special liveries

Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 in oneworld special livery

In 1997, a Boeing 747-200 (B-HIB) named Spirit of Hong Kong, with a special livery, a big traditional Chinese brushstroke character "家" (means family/home), a traditional Chinese wording "繁榮進步 更創新高" painted on the left side of the aircraft and a wording "The Spirit of Hong Kong 97" painted on the right side of the aircraft, to commemorate the handover of Hong Kong back to China.[5] On 17 January 2000, Spirit of Hong Kong made a return on a Boeing 747-400 (B-HOX) to celebrate the legendary resilience of Hong Kong with a new special livery depicts a young athlete overcoming a series of challenges to reach his goal. A special wording "Same Team. Same Dream." was painted on the left side of the aircraft and a traditional Chinese wording "積極進取 飛越更高理想" was painted on the right side of the aircraft.[6] On 30 July 2013, Spirit of Hong Kong made another return, this time, on a Boeing 777-300ER (B-KPB). The livery features 110 people who represent the extraordinary spirit of Hong Kong people. The livery also has the wordings "The Spirit of Hong Kong 香港精神號" The livery is the result of an online contest held by Cathay Pacific to call on Hong Kong people to submit creative entries that illustrate the true spirit of the city – along with a full-body photograph of themselves. The judging panel then chose 100 winners and 10 champions – and their silhouettes have been painted on the aircraft.[7]

On 5 July 2002, a Boeing 747-400 (B-HOY), named Asia's world city, carried a special livery, the "Asia's world city" brandline, the Brand Hong Kong logotype and the dragon symbol, to promote Hong Kong around the world.[8]

On 29 August 2006, the airline took delivery of its 100th aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 with the registration B-LAD. For the aircraft acceptance ceremony in Toulouse, the aircraft was painted in a 100th aircraft livery with the wording "100th aircraft", and the traditional Chinese wording "進步精神" painted on the rear of the aircraft.[9] The aircraft was named Progress Hong Kong, a name that was chosen from a competition by the staff.[9]

In November 2011, Cathay received its second 747-8 Freighter (B-LJA) which was painted in the Hong Kong Trader livery. The livery was designed to commemorate the topping out of the new Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal. The name of the livery is taken from Cathay Pacific’s very first 747 freighter which entered the fleet in 1982.

Currently,[when?] a total of three Cathay Pacific aircraft are painted in the Oneworld livery to commemorate the alliance's 10th anniversary. On 12 March 2009, Cathay Pacific's first Oneworld aircraft, an Airbus A340-300 (B-HXG), was painted in the new, standard Oneworld livery. An additional aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 (B-HLU), has also been painted in the Oneworld livery while a brand-new Boeing 777-300ER (B-KPL) was painted and delivered on 17 October 2009.[10][11]

Cathay Pacific DC-3 Betsy
Betsy on display in the Hong Kong Science Museum

Fleet history

A former Cathay Pacific Lockheed L-1011-100 TriStar
A former Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-200SF

Since its inception in 1946, the airline had operated many types of aircraft. The first two aircraft were two World War II surplus Douglas DC-3s, named Betsy and Niki. Betsy (VR-HDB), the first aircraft for Cathay Pacific, is now a permanent exhibit in the Hong Kong Science Museum. Niki (VR-HDA) was lost, but a similar DC-3 was purchased as a replacement. It was refurbished and repainted by the airline's Engineering Department and maintenance provider, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company, and it now wears the second Cathay Pacific livery from the late 1940s. This aircraft received Niki's old aircraft registration and is now on public view in the car park outside the Flight Training Center of Cathay City.[12]

Cathay Pacific Retired Fleet[13][14][15][16]
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A340-200 4 1994 1996 Leased before delivery of A340-300.
Airbus A340-300 18 1997 2017 Last flight was on 26 March 2017.
Airbus A340-600 3 2002 2009
Avro Anson Un­known Un­known 1950
Boeing 707-320B Un­known Un­known 1983
Boeing 747-200B 12 1980 1999
Boeing 747-200F 3 1987 2008
Boeing 747-200SF 4 1997 2009
Boeing 747-300 6 1986 1999
Boeing 747-400 24 1989 2016 Last flight was on 1 October 2016.
Boeing 747-400BCF 13 2006 2017
Bristol Britannia Un­known Un­known Un­known Leased from BOAC for a few months
Consolidated PBY Catalina Un­known Un­known 1948 Two used for a few months in a joint venture in Macau Air Transport Company[17]
Convair 880 Un­known Un­known 1975 First jet aircraft type operated by the airline.
Douglas DC-3 Un­known Un­known 1961
Douglas DC-4 Un­known Un­known 1963
Douglas DC-6B Un­known Un­known 1962
Lockheed L-1011-100 TriStar Un­known Un­known 1996 Largest operator of the type outside the United States in late 1980s and early 1990s[18]
Lockheed L-188 Electra Un­known Un­known 1967

References

  1. ^ cathaypacific.com - Aircraft Fleet retrieved 20 February 2017
  2. ^ airbus.com - Orders & Deliveries retrieved 20 February 2017
  3. ^ boeing.com - Orders & Deliveries retrieved 20 February 2017
  4. ^ "Cathay Pacific Cargo". Cathay Pacific Cargo. Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Cathay Pacific B-HIB Photo Search Result". Airliners.net. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Cathay Pacific Welcomes Arrival of New "Spirit of Hong Kong"" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  7. ^ "Cathay Pacific - The Spirit of Hong Kong". cathaypacific.com.
  8. ^ "Cathay Pacific holds Open Day for "Asia's World City" Aircraft" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Cathay Pacific's 100th Aircraft Greets the Past" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  10. ^ "Cathay Pacific celebrates Oneworld 10th anniversary with first aircraft in alliance livery" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  11. ^ "Cathay Pacific Airways 's Photos – Wall Photos". Cathay Pacific. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  12. ^ "Vintage Aircraft Brings the Past Alive at Cathay Pacific Headquarter's in Airlines 60th Anniversary Year" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  13. ^ "Cathay Pacific fleet". airfleets.net. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  14. ^ "The Cathay Pacific Fleet". Cathay Pacific. October 1996. Archived from the original on 4 February 1997. Retrieved 23 July 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ 馮志亮, 劉伯智, 胡淑芬, 王百賦, 劉俊輝, 龐德礎, 江桐林, 翹首振翅：香港機師手記 (Hong Kong: ET Press, 2004), pp. 188–189.
  16. ^ Danny C.Y. Chan, Hong Kong Aircraft Handbook (Hong Kong: Northcord Transport, 1996).
  17. ^ Günter Endres, Major Airlines of the World (Second Edition) (Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2002), p. 53.
  18. ^ "FS2004 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Cathay Pacific Update Package". fsplanet.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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