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Cathay Pacific unveils initial A350 operations
February 19th 2016
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways this week said it planned to receive its first A350-900 “in late April”, after delivery delays by seat manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace. "The Cathay team is working closely with Airbus and the product supplier to minimize the risk of any further delays." Read More »
As such, B-LRA – line number 29 – is scheduled to make its commercial debut on May 1 with daily familiarization flights to Manila and six-weekly services to Taipei. From July 1, flights to Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh will commence followed by Osaka and Singapore from July 3.
Cathay intends to replace the four-class B777-300ER with the three-class A350 on the four-weekly Dusseldorf route from September 1 and fly the aircraft on the new Gatwick service to be launched on the following day. Flights to Auckland are to follow.
The Swire controlled carrier has 22 A350-900s and 26 A350-1000s on order. It is due to take delivery of twelve -900s this year and ten more in 2017. The larger -1000s will be delivered from 2018.
In other Hong Kong updates, HNA Group carrier, Hong Kong Airlines, recently announced it would convert its seasonal Hong Kong-Cairns-Gold Coast A330 service to a twice-weekly, year-round operation from April, to be up gauged to three times a week from July.
