Cathay Pacific Celebrates Expansion of Services to India
17-Apr-2008 |
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Cathay Pacific is significantly expanding its services to and from India following the conclusion of a new air services agreement between the Hong Kong and Indian governments in December last year. By June it will have an additional 20 flights a week between the two places.
Tony Tyler said, “When we received the news that the Indian and Hong Kong governments had reached an agreement to expand services between the two places we were naturally delighted – for our airline and also for the Hong Kong hub that we have been working so hard to develop over the years”.
“Hong Kong is a superb hub but there is no doubt that it was underserved in terms of flights to and from India. That situation has improved drastically now and the flights being added by Cathay Pacific and Indian carriers will help to realise the full potential of trade and tourism between Hong Kong and India.”
The number of flights to Delhi has already increased from four a week to 14 a week, while six more flights have been added to Mumbai making a total of 10 per week. In addition, a new four-times-weekly service from the city of Chennai will launch on 3 June, while Cathay Pacific’s sister airline Dragonair will launch a new daily service to Bengaluru (Bangalore) in late May.
Mr Tyler added that while the main focus of the service expansion has been on passenger flights, Cathay Pacific has also shown a clear commitment to expanding freighter services to and from India. Started off with just one flight a week routed through Mumbai in 1994, the airline now operates a total of 22 freighters a week to the country and has become the number one foreign carrier in terms of cargo capacity and tonnage offered in the Indian market.
About Cathay Pacific Airways
American Roy C Farrell and Australian Sydney H de Kantzow founded Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong on 24 September, 1946. Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and founded Cathay Pacific Airways.
The new company began to operate passenger flights to Manila, Bangkok, Singapore and Shanghai. Expansion was fast and, in 1948, one of Hong Kong's leading trading companies, Butterfield & Swire (today known as the Swire Group) took a 45% share in the company. Under the leadership of John Kidston Swire, Butterfield & Swire became wholly responsible for the management of the airline.
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