Cathy Pacific ( SEEK : 0293 ) is the international flagship of Hong Kong, Cathay Air with its head office and main center at Hong Kong International Airport , although the registered office of the company is in the Pacific Place 33 storey . Airlines operating scheduled passenger services and cargo to 168 destinations in 42 countries worldwide , including catharses and joint ventures , with a fleet of Cathay Air wide-bodied Airbus AWAY consisting of Airbus AWAY,
Boeing 747 and Boeing 777 equipment. The company also operates fifth freedom flights from Bangkok and Taipei, its cities of discussion. Its wholly owned subsidiary , Dragon , operates to 44 destinations in the Asia - Pacific region from its base in Hong Kong. In 2010, Cathy Pacific and Dragon carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.8 million Cathay Air tones of freight and mail. The airline was founded 24 September 1946 by American Roy C. Farrell and Australian Sydney H. Kantian of each man putting up HOOK $ 1 to register the airline .
The airline made the first transpolar flight nonstop flight in the world over the North Pole in July 1998, and Cathay Air also operated the first flight to arrive at the new Hong Kong International Airport . The company celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2006 , and in October 2009, its major shareholders are Swirl Pacific and Air China. It is reciprocally one of the major shareholders of Air China. Cathy Pacific currently holds the title of the third largest airline in the world , measured by market capitalization , according to the International Air Transport Association Cathay Air.
In 2010, Cathy Pacific became the largest airline of international freight in the world, with main hub Hong Kong International Airport as the world 's busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic. Cathy Pacific is a founding member of the Enroll alliance , with its subsidiary, Dragon , as an affiliate member Cathay Air.
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