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Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
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• Dragonair stopped flying to Manila in June 2015.
• In 2015, Dragonair increased its Phnom Penh service
from 10 to 12 flights a week in January, increased its
Wuhan service from 10 to 11 flights a week in January,
increased its Kolkata service from five to six flights a
week in May, increased its Okinawa service from four
flights a week to daily over the summer season,
increased its Hongqiao in Shanghai service from seven
to nine flights a week in November, increased its Penang
service from 10 to 12 flights a week in November and
started to use bigger (Airbus A330-300) aircraft on four
of its 14-times-weekly Phuket flights in December.
• Our cargo capacity in 2015 increased by 5.4% compared
to 2014. We operated more freighter services and
carried a higher proportion (57.0%) of total cargo
shipments in the bellies of passenger aircraft.
• We introduced a twice-weekly cargo service to Kolkata
in March 2015. In the same month, we increased our
Delhi cargo service from seven to eight flights a week.
• We added two cargo flights per week to North America in
April 2015. We changed routings so as to increase cargo
capacity on the Chicago, Los Angeles and New York
routes. We also increased the frequency of the
Columbus service from three to four flights a week from
October 2015.
• 2015 was the second full year of operations for the
Cathay Pacific cargo terminal at Hong Kong International
Airport. The terminal handled 1.7 million tonnes of cargo
in 2015, an increase of 13% compared to 2014. It serves
12 airlines, including Cathay Pacific, Dragonair and Air
Hong Kong.
Fleet development
• We are investing heavily in new aircraft. This will make us
one of the world’s most modern and fuel-efficient
airlines, and will strengthen Hong Kong’s position as one
of the world’s premier international aviation hubs.
• At 31st December 2015, Cathay Pacific operated 146
aircraft, Dragonair operated 42 aircraft and Air Hong
Kong operated 13 aircraft (a total of 201 aircraft for the
Group). There are 70 new aircraft on order for delivery
up to 2024.
• In 2015, we took delivery of nine new aircraft: six Boeing
777-300ERs and three Airbus A330-300s. The Boeing
777-300ER delivered in late September was the 53rd and
final aircraft of this type to join our fleet.
• Four Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft and four Airbus
A340-300 aircraft were retired in 2015. One Airbus
A340-300 aircraft was retired in February 2016 and we
have brought forward the retirement of our remaining
three Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft from 2017 to
2016. In 2013, we agreed to sell six Boeing 747-400F
freighters to The Boeing Company. Two of these
freighters have been delivered, one in November 2014,
the other in July 2015. The remaining four freighters will
leave the fleet by the end of 2016.
• One of Cathay Pacific’s regional Airbus A330-300
aircraft was transferred to Dragonair in December 2015.
• Our first Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft is scheduled to
be delivered in May 2016. We have 48 Airbus A350
aircraft on order, comprising both the A350-900 and the
A350-1000 aircraft types.
• We took delivery of the first of two Airbus A350
simulators in May 2015. We have purchased a new Airbus
A330-300 simulator to replace an old one.
Advances in technology
• We introduced a travel retail platform in Hong Kong in
April 2015, following its successful introduction in
Australia and Singapore.
• We introduced a mobile application in May 2015 which
enables flights to be booked on mobile devices. We also
improved the design and content of our airline websites.
• In May 2015, we introduced a cloud-based catering
system to improve productivity and efficiency and
facilitate future improvements in catering. The rollout
was completed across all the destinations in our
networksbyDecember2015.
• We started to provide tablet devices to senior Cathay
Pacific and Dragonair cabin crew in April 2015. These
devices provide our crews with information that helps
them to offer a more consistent and personalised travel
experience to passengers.
2015 in Review