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Cathay Cargo successfully ships terracotta warriors and related artefacts to Australia
Cathay Cargo takes pride in having transported ten terracotta army figures and over 200 artefacts from Xi’an to Perth via Hong Kong for the now ongoing Terracotta Warriors: Legacy of the First Emperor exhibition. This breathtaking historical display was organised by the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration with support from the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum, and the Western Australian (WA) Museum Boola Bardip. WA Museum Boola Bardip’s director for museums and exhibitions Jason Fair declared: “What makes this exhibition unique and the first of its kind is its impressive collection of priceless artefacts. Most of the objects have never been seen in Australia before, with nearly half leaving China for the first time. It is our mission to inspire curiosity. We hope people gain an understanding of the culture, history and people of China as well as this pivotal moment in Chinese history.” A painstakingly careful shipment The transportation of these priceless cultural treasures demonstrates Cathay Cargo’s expertise in handling special cargo, and its commitment to excellence and precision in moving invaluable cultural treasures. Leveraging its Cathay Expert and Cathay Secure specialist solutions, Cathay Cargo worked closely with the shipment custodians and cargo agent partners to develop a customised transportation plan tailored to the unique nature of the cargo and the specific packaging requirements provided by the customer. The plan meticulously addressed every detail to ensure the safe and secure storage, transport and delivery of these irreplaceable pieces of history, all under the watchful eyes of CCTV surveillance and Cathay Cargo’s highly trained professionals. According to Cathay director of cargo Tom Owen: “The terracotta warriors are among China’s most iconic cultural treasures. It is a great privilege to help bring Chinese culture to the world by transporting these important relics from their home in Xi’an to Perth for the exhibition, ensuring their safe transport at every step of their journey.” Owen added that transporting these unique pieces of history involved meticulous preparation and close collaboration between Cathay’s teams, partners and authorities in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and Australia to ensure every detail was carefully considered. He thus enthused: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase Cathay Cargo’s expertise in handling special cargo and demonstrate that ‘We Know How’.” Putting a plan in action While the statues and artefacts originate in Xi’an, they were first transported to Zhengzhou where they were then flown to Australia via Cathay’s Hong Kong hub and transported to their final destination in Perth. The Cathay Cargo team oversaw the inventory check and packaging process from the initial stage in Xi’an. The shipment was then tracked via GPS from departure in Xi’an until arrival at Zhengzhou Airport, whereupon the cargo was directed to a dedicated delivery zone and security channel. Cathay Cargo developed a tailored build-up plan based on the customer’s loading diagrams to ensure the utmost care was rendered. Safety nets and straps were used to secure the artefacts, preventing any movement during transit; meanwhile, experienced pallet build-up specialists also provided guidance on-site, while Cathay Cargo personnel maintained full oversight end-to-end. The shipments were loaded in precise alignment with the customer’s specifications to minimise impact from take-off and landing, and were continuously monitored under real-time surveillance throughout the ground-handling process.
Skytrax hails Cathay Pacific among the world’s three best airlines
Cathay Pacific was recognised as one of the world’s top three best airlines at this year’s Skytrax World Airline Awards. In addition to securing this esteemed ranking, the airline also won World’s Best Economy Class Airline for the second consecutive year, as well as the title of World’s Best Inflight Entertainment for the second time in three years. Chief customer and commercial officer Lavinia Lau was in Paris for the awards ceremony, accepting the accolades on behalf of Cathay Pacific. Among the world’s best Airline chief executive Ronald Lam said: "Being voted among the top three best airlines in the world, up two places from last year, and the world’s best for Economy class and inflight entertainment again is extremely encouraging. These accolades underscore our unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional service and enhancing the customer experience across every part of their journey.” Lam expressed his gratitude for the incredible support of customers and the dedication of the team at the Cathay Group. He concluded with: “These awards will inspire and motivate us to keep raising the bar as we strive to become one of the world’s greatest service brands.” Investing in innovation The Cathay Group is investing over HK$100 billion to elevate the customer experience and strengthen Hong Kong’s international aviation hub status. This includes investments in state-of-the-art aircraft, new cabins and lounges, and digital innovation. Over the past year, Cathay Pacific has continued to elevate the experience for its customers, most notably the introduction of its new Aria Suite Business class, new Premium Economy and refreshed Economy cabins onboard its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in October last year. Customers can currently experience these new cabins on selected flights between Hong Kong and London, Sydney and Vancouver, with more routes being progressively added. Cathay Pacific also partnered with Michelin-starred restaurants to create curated menus on selected flights departing Hong Kong. This includes reimagined French classics from Louise and Cantonese fine dining from Duddell’s in First and Business, and refined Cantonese classics with Yat Tung Heen in Premium Economy and Economy. In April this year, the airline introduced its new “Chinese Classics” inflight dining options, complementing its existing “Hong Kong Flavours” and “International Favourites” offerings. Showcasing China’s rich culinary heritage, these new “Chinese Classics” are being progressively rolled out in Business class, debuting on selected flights from Hong Kong to the Chinese Mainland. A new standard for inflight entertainment Meanwhile, Cathay Pacific will be one of the few airlines globally to offer 100 percent seatback inflight entertainment and Wi-Fi connectivity in every cabin on every aircraft from August this year. The airline’s new, state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system has received numerous prestigious design awards for its thoughtful and human-centric design, underpinned by innovation, customer comfort and an intuitive graphical user interface. Cathay Pacific was also the first airline in the world to introduce 4K and 4K HDR10 content, offering a broader colour range inflight to create a more immersive, enjoyable and intuitive viewing experience. Offering the largest inflight entertainment library in Asia-Pacific, Cathay Pacific selects new titles every month ensuring that customers have access to the best entertainment options each time they fly from Hollywood new releases, exclusive Asian cinema, Paramount+, iQiyi drama and award-winning TV box sets, to the latest albums, podcasts, games, selected Disney+ Original titles, and original Cathay productions.
Cathay Pacific celebrates the launch of its Munich-Hong Kong route
Mandy Ng (Cathay Pacific Director Service Delivery, 2nd from left) and Jost Lammers (CEO of Munich Airport, 3rd from left). 16th June marked the first time that the five-star airline Cathay Pacific will offer flights between Munich and Hong Kong. The Asian airline will connect these economic powerhouses four times a week — on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays — using a modern, fuel-efficient Airbus A350-900. Jost Lammers, the CEO of Munich Airport, states: “We are proud that Cathay Pacific, one of the world’s leading airlines, is now flying to Munich. With a population of over 85 million, Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area are among the most important economic regions in Asia. This new route will further strengthen Munich Airport's position as a hub for business and leisure travelers between Europe and Asia, which is crucial for the entire region." "We're excited to introduce Munich as the latest addition to our global network, establishing a direct link between this key European economic and transport centre and our home hub in Hong Kong. This new route enhances travel options for both business and leisure customers and offers seamless access to the Cathay Group’s expansive global network covering 100 destinations via Hong Kong, reinforcing the city’s role as a premier international gateway,” states Brian Tsoi, Regional General Manager, Europe Cathay Pacific. The aircraft was welcomed with a traditional water baptism during its first landing in Munich today. Passengers received typical gingerbread hearts as a surprise. In addition, a festive ribbon cutting ceremony took place on the apron for the first departure. Between 2004 and 2008, the cargo subsidiary Cathay Cargo already flew cargo aircraft from Munich via Brussels and Dubai to Hong Kong. Starting today, freight from companies in Bavaria and the greater economic area can now be transported nonstop from Munich to Hong Kong.
Cathay Group celebrates hitting 100 global destinations this month
The Cathay Group recently marked a new milestone on Thursday, 12th June, as Cathay Pacific and HK Express are well on the way to jointly reach 100 global passenger destinations this month. The celebration which brought together Cathay Group and relevant government officials was held at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong. The event was hosted by Cathay Group chair Patrick Healy and CEO Ronald Lam, with Hong Kong’s secretary for transport and logistics Mable Chan present together with other distinguished guests. In her remarks to the gathering, Chan said: “Today, we celebrate a very important milestone in Cathay’s long journey over the past years: 100 destinations, 100 routes covering the four corners of the world. This is no small accomplishment, and I would like to thank the collective efforts of the people in the Cathay Group as well as the people of Hong Kong, including in particular many of our colleagues in the Airport Authority Hong Kong and the government departments who have been actively and steadfastly helping and supporting the Cathay Group in growing its global network. I hope that our efforts will continue and we will work in continued partnership.” Chan added that, as Cathay hits the 100 destinations mark, Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and the SAR itself as a global aviation hub continue to soar to greater heights. She pointed out how the Three-Runway System will give Hong Kong heightened capacity with which to boost itself as a world-class centre for aviation, and has already helped HKIA grow in terms of passenger traffic, flight movement, and cargo volume. Chan said: “We have three players, three runways, and one Hong Kong. So the paths of Cathay, HKIA, and the Hong Kong SAR are intertwined. I am very confident that we will be scaling new heights for Hong Kong and for the Cathay Group as well.” An exciting time for a global airline Meanwhile, Cathay’s Healy said: “I couldn’t be more excited to welcome you all to this celebration of the Cathay Group's 100 passenger destinations across our two airlines, Cathay Pacific and HK Express. For almost 80 years, Cathay has been proudly connecting Hong Kong to the world by continuously expanding our global footprint. In the past two years alone, we have added 30 new passenger destinations, including 18 new destinations this year alone and still counting. That rate of network expansion is at an unprecedented level for Cathay, and that has allowed us to reach this milestone of 100 destinations ahead of schedule.” Healy added that the Cathay Group’s current investment programme of over HK$100 billion across its entire offering of fleet, cabin products, lounges and digital services is also the most ambitious and largest in the company’s history. He said: “We have to continue to invest and it’s important that we take full advantage of the amazing new Three-Runway System we now have available to us at Hong Kong International Airport. These developments further reaffirm the Group’s determination to become one of the world’s greatest service brands whilst demonstrating their wholehearted commitment to the Hong Kong international aviation hub, because that is what enables all of Hong Kong’s Eight Centres to thrive. Healy concluded with: “None of this would be possible without the outstanding support that we always receive from the Hong Kong SAR Government, and I’d like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to the Transport and Logistics Bureau, the Civil Aviation Department, and the Airport Authority Hong Kong.” The way forward For his part, Lam declared that he and his team have been looking forward to this very important milestone. Lam said: We have been working really hard to rebuild the Cathay Group over the past few years. I still remember our lowest point in our history was one day in March 2022. On that day, as a Group, we carried 58 passengers in total; nowadays, we are carrying consistently more than 100,000 passengers on a daily basis. On that same day, we only served three destinations in the whole world, and today we are standing here celebrating that we will be serving 100 global destinations within this month. What a fantastic achievement by our team, our partners, as well as Hong Kong.” During the summer peak, Cathay Pacific and HK Express will operate passenger services to a total of 23 destinations in the Chinese Mainland, providing more than 300 return flights per week. Meanwhile, Cathay Pacific will operate more than 110 return flights per week to eight destinations in North America and close to 100 return flights per week to 12 European destinations during the peak period this summer. In addition, with its return to Adelaide in November, Cathay Pacific will be operating close to 90 return flights per week to eight destinations in the Southwest Pacific at the peak of this winter season.
Cathay Pacific’s direct flights between Hong Kong and Rome take off
Cathay Pacific made its eagerly anticipated return to Italy’s capital with the launch of its non-stop flight between Hong Kong and Rome. The new summer seasonal service is the fourth new destination to join Cathay Pacific’s global network so far in 2025, as the Cathay Group nears 100 passenger destinations around the world. So far this year, Cathay Pacific has launched new passenger services to four destinations, including Hyderabad, Dallas-Fort Worth, Urumqi and now Rome. Meanwhile, low-cost carrier HK Express has launched services to Sendai, Nha Trang, Ishigaki, Komatsu, Changzhou and Yiwu already in 2025. Cathay Chief Customer and Commercial Officer Lavinia Lau said: “Rome has long been an important destination for Cathay Pacific and a popular one among our customers. We first launched flights to the city in 1986 and we are thrilled to be back once again connecting our home, Hong Kong, with the Eternal City. We look forward to welcoming customers onboard with our signature Cathay Pacific service. “In addition to Rome, we will also be launching flights to Munich and Brussels this summer. In total, we will be operating close to 100 return flights per week to 12 European destinations, providing our customers with even greater connectivity between Hong Kong and this important region.” Operating three times per week on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Cathay Pacific’s new Hong Kong-Rome service will be operated by one of the most modern and fuel-efficient aircraft in the airline’s fleet, the Airbus A350-900 aircraft, offering 38 flat-bed seats in Business, 28 seats in Premium Economy and 214 in Economy. Hong Kong-Rome (5 June-25 October 2025): Flight No. Origin Destination Departure Arrival Days of Operation CX293 Hong Kong (HKG) Rome (FCO) 00:30 07:35 Monday, Thursday, Saturday CX292 Rome (FCO) Hong Kong (HKG) 13:00 06:30+1 Monday, Thursday, Saturday Rome is Cathay Pacific’s second destination in Italy, joining the airline’s existing daily return flights to Milan. The airline also operates flights to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Madrid, Manchester, Paris and Zurich in Europe. Customers travelling from Europe can connect to the Cathay Group’s extensive network of destinations in Asia-Pacific and beyond, including 22 destinations in the Chinese Mainland served by Cathay Pacific and HK Express. Cathay Pacific and HK Express are launching passenger services to 16 destinations around the world in 2025, with more announcements to come. Within the first half of this year, the Cathay Group’s combined passenger network will reach 100 destinations across the globe.
Cathay Pacific partners with Sinopec
Cathay Pacific announced it has entered into an agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to refuel some of its flights departing from Hong Kong International Airport with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced and blended with conventional aviation fuel by Sinopec, demonstrating the expanding reach of SAF produced in the Chinese Mainland in the global SAF supply chain. The airline uplifted a batch of SAF produced by the Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Company (ZRCC) at Hong Kong International Airport in April. ZRCC is one of the leading SAF manufacturers in Asia to independently develop bio-jet fuel technology. This batch of SAF was converted from used cooking oil using the hydrotreated esters and fatty acids (HEFA) pathway. As part of the first batch of SAF exported by ZRCC to Hong Kong, it has been certified by International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) that it can reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions by about 80%, compared with conventional jet fuel. What is SAF? SAF is an alternative aviation fuel produced from waste materials or other non-fossil carbon sources. As demonstrated by this batch, SAF has the potential to significantly lower its lifecycle carbon emissions as compared with fossil fuels, helping address the environmental impact of passenger and cargo air transport. This agreement with Sinopec demonstrates the potential for further cooperation between the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong in the SAF supply chain. Adoption of SAF from the Chinese Mainland Cathay General Manager Sustainability Grace Cheung said: "Our purchase and use of SAF products from ZRCC goes beyond just a fuel uplift; it marks our initiative to expand the upstream and downstream value chain of SAF produced in the Chinese Mainland. Through cooperation with Sinopec, we hope to support greater adoption of SAF produced in the Chinese Mainland and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels." Last year, Cathay Pacific also adopted two batches of SAF from the Chinese Mainland, which were uplifted at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and London Heathrow Airport respectively. Looking to the future In recent years, the production and adoption of SAF has gained momentum across Asia. Cathay Pacific is working closely with different partners with the aim to expand the use of SAF in Asia. In March 2025, Cathay Pacific reached an agreement with fuel supplier SK Energy, which will supply SAF to Cathay Pacific from 2025 to 2027 in South Korea. At the same time, Cathay Pacific will continue to draw on its own experience to support Hong Kong to scale up SAF usage with supportive policy, in order to further strengthen Hong Kong International Airport's status as a leading international aviation hub.
The Cathay Group takes home 15 HKACE awards
The Cathay Group was honoured with a total of 15 awards at the annual Customer Service Excellence Awards hosted by the Hong Kong Association for Customer Service Excellence (HKACE) on 27 May, including the prestigious Grand Award for the third consecutive year. These recognitions highlight Cathay’s signature customer-centric approach, underscoring its unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional service as it strives to become one of the world's greatest service brands. Representing the Cathay Group at the awards ceremony was Cathay Chief Operations and Service Delivery Officer Alex McGowan, along with other senior management members who celebrated the achievements of Cathay staff. Alex McGowan said: "We are deeply honoured to receive multiple awards this year, especially the Grand Award for the third year running, reflecting our dedication to putting our customers at the centre of everything we do. These awards recognise the incredible efforts of our people across Cathay, especially our service delivery teams who provide the professional, warm and heartfelt service that defines the Cathay service. The recognitions we have received will motivate us to continue to go above and beyond as we strive to become one of the world’s greatest service brands.” Collectively, the Cathay Group won four Gold awards, three Bronzes, five Merits and two Top 10 Young Stars of the Year awards. These were across a variety of categories, including Field and Special Service, Internal Support Service, FrontliService, Counter Service, Contact Centre Service, People Development, Innovative Service, and Top 10 Young Stars of the Year: Type of Awards Categories Award Department Grand Award Team award Field & Special Service Gold Cathay – Airport Services Department Internal Support Service Gold Cathay – Airport Services Department Frontline Service Gold Cathay – Inflight Services Department Contact Centre Service Bronze Cathay – Customer Care Department Counter Service Merit Hong Kong Airport Services Limited (HAS) – Baggage Service Individual Award Frontline Service Gold Cathay – Inflight Services Department Counter Service Bronze Hong Kong Airport Services Limited (HAS) Counter Service Merit Cathay – Airport Services Department Field & Special Service Merit Cathay – Airport Services Department Contact Centre Service Merit Cathay – Customer Care Department Top 10 Young Stars of the Year Top 10 Cathay – Inflight Services Department Top 10 Young Stars of the Year Top 10 Cathay – Airport Services Department Programme Award People Development Bronze Cathay – Cathay Academy Innovative Service (Non-digital or technological) Award Merit Cathay – Airport Services Department The Customer Service Excellence Awards ceremony is hosted annually by the HKACE to celebrate customer service employees and honour outstanding performers, with the aim of promoting quality customer service culture in Hong Kong.
Cathay and Feeding Hong Kong celebrate 10 years
Cathay and Feeding Hong Kong celebrated over 10 years of working together to address environmental and social challenges through their surplus food rescue programme. Driven by their shared values of being a positive force for the community and sustainability leadership, Cathay and Feeding Hong Kong collect surplus food items from inbound Cathay Pacific flights to Hong Kong that would otherwise be sent to landfills and repurpose them to tackle food waste and support underprivileged members of the community. Benefitting 260,000 individuals over the past decade Cathay is the first airline to partner with Feeding Hong Kong. Since the programme’s launch in 2014, 2,250 tonnes of food have been collected and redistributed to people in need, benefitting 260,000 individuals over the past decade. A special event was held at Feeding Hong Kong’s warehouse to celebrate the partnership, hosted by Cathay Chief Customer and Commercial Officer Lavinia Lau, and Feeding Hong Kong Founder and Chief Executive Officer Gabrielle Kirstein OBE. Cathay’s Lavinia Lau said: “As Hong Kong’s home airline for nearly 80 years, Cathay has deep roots in our home city. We are committed to moving our community forward in life by being a dedicated force of positivity, and our partnership with Feeding Hong Kong is a testament to what can be achieved when businesses and non-profit organisations come together to uplift our communities and create lasting positive impacts. I would like to sincerely thank our teams, our partners at Feeding Hong Kong, as well as the many volunteers from across Cathay over the years who have helped make this meaningful initiative possible.” Feeding Hong Kong’s Gabrielle Kirstein said: “Our wonderful partnership with Cathay is a true testament to the community and purpose-driven spirit of Hong Kong’s favourite airline. Each and every week, their donation of surplus snacks, drinks, and fresh fruit, fuels over 150 of our frontline charity partners, who are working tirelessly to support vulnerable communities. “We respect the commitment that Cathay made during the pandemic to rethink waste strategies and their steadfast resolve to continue to donate unavoidable excess stock and find a valuable new home for quality surplus. “It really is a pleasure to collaborate with an organisation that is willing to go the extra mile, supporting us with a bounty of helping hands, sponsorship and more, to help us move ahead on our journey to bridge the gap between surplus and need.” Food collection and distribution Cathay was the first aviation company to support Feeding Hong Kong’s advocacy by donating and redirecting surplus food to help the community. To facilitate the initiative, Feeding Hong Kong has employees permanently located at Cathay Dining, which operates the Cathay Group’s flight kitchen at Hong Kong International Airport. Feeding Hong Kong collects various kinds of packaged food and beverage items donated from Cathay Pacific flights, including bottled water, juices, canned beverages, soft drinks, snacks, cereal, UHT milk and fresh fruit. After being collected, food items are transported to Feeding Hong Kong’s 11,500-square-foot temperature-controlled warehouse in Yau Tong. All food collected by Feeding Hong Kong is required to be in good condition to eat with a reasonable window for food to be collected, redistributed and consumed before the expiry date. The expiry dates and packaging conditions of each item are checked one by one to ensure they are safe for consumption.
Cathay Group releases traffic figures for April 2025
The Cathay Group today released its traffic figures for April 2025, showing excellent performance in the company’s travel segment. According to Cathay’s chief customer and commercial officer Lavinia Lau: “April was a good month for our travel business. The various holidays in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and elsewhere in Asia helped drive strong leisure travel demand, and over the Easter travel peak we were pleased to once again set a new post-pandemic record with Cathay Pacific and HK Express carrying more than 115,000 passengers combined on 18th April.” Lau added that the Cathay Group is set to add more ports to its extensive passenger network, having launched flights to five new destinations in just April, including Dallas-Fort Worth and Urumqi for Cathay Pacific, and Nha Trang, Ishigaki and Komatsu for HK Express. She said: “We remain focused on reaching 100 passenger destinations within the first half of the year, with more passenger destinations to be introduced in the coming weeks and months.” With regard to the cargo side of the business, the latest announcements regarding the tariffs between China and the United States provide some reassurance to the market in the near term. Lau, however, remarked: “We will continue to closely monitor the market conditions and leverage our built-in flexibility to adjust freighter capacity.” Cathay Pacific performance in April Cathay Pacific carried 36.3 percent more passengers in April 2025 compared with April 2024, while Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) increased by 27.1 percent. In the first four months of 2025, the number of passengers carried increased by 26.6 percent compared with the same period for 2024. Lau said: “Following a quieter month in March, leisure travel demand experienced a boost in April. The Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens and the festive period in Indonesia generated strong demand for return traffic early in the month, followed by a notable increase in travel demand over Easter. Then, towards the end of April, we observed robust pre-holiday demand from the Chinese Mainland and Japan, coinciding with the respective ‘Golden Week’ holidays in those two markets.” Along with the airline’s well-received new services to Dallas-Fort Worth and Urumqi, Cathay’s network achieved a load factor of over 86.4 percent in April, the highest yet of any month this year. HK Express sees significant growth in April Meanwhile, the Group's low-cost carrier HK Express carried more than 690,000 passengers in April, marking an increase of 47.4 percent year on year, while Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) grew by 42 percent. In the first four months of 2025, the number of passengers carried increased by 37.6 percent compared with the same period for 2024. According to Lau: “Buoyed by the long-weekend holidays in April, HK Express carried a record number of passengers and operated a record number of flight sectors while continuing to expand its network. Extra sectors to popular destinations like Bangkok, Seoul and Phu Quoc were added over the Ching Ming Festival and Easter amidst strong demand.” Cargo performance in April Cathay Cargo carried 13.6 percent more cargo in April 2025 than in April 2024. Available Freight Tonne Kilometres (AFTKs) increased by 8.9 percent while load factor decreased by 1.1 percentage points year on year. In the first four months of 2025, the total tonnage increased by 12.4 percent compared with the same period for 2024. Lau said: “Tonnage in April was 10.4 percent lower than in March, primarily due to the traditional first quarter-end peak in March and the various holiday periods in April. However, our specialist solutions maintained their growth momentum and we saw increased demand for our Cathay Priority solution on the Asia Pacific-United States trade lane ahead of the implementation of trade tariffs. Demand for our Cathay Expert solution continued to grow, supported by robust exports of semiconductor machinery from North Asia as well as ad hoc demand out of Europe to Hong Kong.” For May, Cathay reports that it has already seen steady replacement cargo from other parts of its network, including Southeast Asia, during the first half of the month amidst reduced demand from Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland.
Cathay Pacific graduates a new batch of cadet-pilots
Cathay Pacific celebrated the graduation of the latest batch of cadet pilots who completed its Cadet Pilot Training Programme. This batch is unique in the sense that they are the first class whose ground theory training was conducted in-house by Cathay Academy. In turn, this reflects Cathay’s expertise in creating and delivering tailored and comprehensive training. Cathay chief operations and service delivery officer Alex McGowan welcomed Civil Aviation Department acting director-general of civil aviation Clara Wong as the guest of honour at the graduation ceremony, which was held on Friday, 16th May, at the airline’s Cathay City headquarters. Wong was moved to remark: “For over 35 years, Cathay Pacific’s cadet pilot training programme has served as a cornerstone for nurturing local aviation talent. From engaging more flying schools around the world, to having theory courses taught by local institutions, and now Cathay Academy, together we are making history. This evolution aims to make pilot training more effective, efficient and sustainable.” McGowan added: “Developing aviation talent has always been a priority for Cathay. Our Cadet Pilot Training Programme provides us with world-class aviators, many of whom have gone on to hold senior training positions with us, as well as key flying leadership roles. Today’s graduation carries special significance as it marks our first group of cadet pilots to go through our very own Cathay Academy ground school, including Multi Crew Cooperation training in our simulators. This enables us to ensure the highest quality training, get closer to our future pilots, and enrich their overall experience. It also expands our ability to develop future generations of aviation talent locally.” Extensive training at the hands of experts In addition to the theoretical ground training, these cadet pilots also underwent flight training at AeroGuard Flight Training Center in Arizona and Multi Crew Cooperation (MCC) training in flight simulators with Cathay Academy before graduating from the programme. The 34 graduates making up the class have since joined Cathay Pacific as Second Officers and commenced flying duty. Currently, there are more than 500 cadet pilots in training as part of the Cadet Pilot Training Programme. Today, Cathay Pacific currently operates multi-path integrated courses for training its cadet pilots, including courses developed with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and its in-house Cathay Academy. Each course sees cadets first undertake theoretical ground training, then flight training at AeroGuard Flight Training Center in Arizona or Flight Training Adelaide in Adelaide, followed by multi-crew simulator training also developed by Cathay Academy at the airline’s Cathay City headquarters in Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific’s Cadet Pilot Training Programme was launched in 1988, and its present roster of alumni includes 185 Captains, more than 40 of whom are Training Captains. The airline also has seven management pilots who earned their wings through the programme. Since 2022, the Cadet Pilot Training Programme has provided training for more than 1,000 cadet pilots. As Cathay continues to play its part in elevating Hong Kong’s status as a leading international aviation hub, it targets to recruit more than 130 cadet pilots in 2025 as an airline Group.
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