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Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Annual Report 2005
Comments by region are as follows:
North Asia
• The increased frequency of Beijing flights to 14 a
week and the introduction of our codeshare service
with Air China strengthened Hong Kong’s hub
connections to the capital. A thrice-weekly flight
was added to Xiamen.
• Economic recovery supported a rebound in the
outbound market from Japan with high passenger
growth to Europe.
• We added three additional flights a week to Nagoya.
• Interest in Korea, raised by the recent popularity of
Korean food and culture in Hong Kong, stimulated
leisure traffic. A fifth daily service was added to
Seoul in January 2006.
South West Pacific and South Africa
• We consolidated our third daily service to Sydney
even as competition increased from a number
of carriers.
• We added a fourth flight a week to Perth, bringing
the number of direct services we operate to six
cities in Australia to 52 each week.
• Services to Africa gained strength and we made
Johannesburg a daily operation.
Europe
• Loads to Europe, in particular the United Kingdom,
remained high throughout the year.
• We launched a fourth daily service to London on
1st December. Flights to London now depart Hong
Kong morning, afternoon and evening.
• Services to Rome will increase from five a week
to seven and those to Frankfurt will increase from
seven to 11 a week starting from the last week of
March 2006.
• Services to Amsterdam became a daily operation.
South East Asia and Middle East
• Ho Chi Minh City became a double-daily service as
we ended our joint venture with Vietnam Airlines on
this route while retaining our codeshare arrangement.
• The performance of services to the Philippines
showed encouraging improvement.
• A second daily non-stop service started to Jakarta.
• Services to Singapore increased by seven more
flights a week.
North America
• The North American market performed well as
revenue growth outpaced increased capacity. It was
our second largest sales territory during the year.
• All United States services enjoyed strong support
from business passengers.
• We now operate three daily non-stop services
to Los Angeles. Cathay Pacific is the only airline
to fly non-stop from Hong Kong to this
United States gateway.
Review of Operations Passenger Services