Cathay Pacific fleet

Cathay Pacific operates an all-wide-body fleet composed of Airbus A330, Airbus A350 XWB and Boeing 777 aircraft.[1]

Current fleet

Cathay Pacific current fleet
Airbus A330-300
Boeing 777
Airbus A350-1000

As of September 2018, the Cathay Pacific passenger fleet comprises the following aircraft:[1][2]

Cathay Pacific fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F J W Y Total
Airbus A330-300 34[3] — — 24 — 293 317 One aircraft in Oneworld livery.
39 21 191 251
39 — 223 262
Airbus A350-900 22[3] 6[3] — 38 28 214 280
Airbus A350-1000 4 16 — 46 32 256 334[4]
Boeing 777-200 3 — — 42 — 293 335 To be Phased out.
Boeing 777-300 13 4 — 42 — 396 438 One aircraft in The Spirit of Hong Kong (2017) livery
Five second-hand aircraft will be added to the fleet from 2018.
— 42 — 356 398 To be reconfigured with 438 seats[5]. Launch customers
Boeing 777-300ER 52 — 6 53 34 182 275 To be reconfigured with 294 seats[6]
6 53 34 201 294
— 40 32 268 340 To be reconfigured with 368 seats[7]
— 40 32 296 368
Boeing 777-9 — 21[8]
TBA
Total 127 47

Cathay Pacific Cargo fleet

As of December 2017, the Cathay Pacific Cargo fleet comprises the following aircraft:

Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-8F
Cathay Pacific Cargo fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Notes
Boeing 747-400ERF 6[8] —
Boeing 747-8F 14[8] —
Total 20 0

Cathay Pacific Cargo operates to more than 40 destinations around the world, in addition to utilising the cargo space on the passenger aircraft. The cargo subsidiary was established in 1981 with a twice-a-week Hong Kong–Frankfurt–London service operated jointly with Lufthansa.[9] Cathay Pacific Cargo handles most of the airline's passenger cargo. Between its cargo routes and the passenger routes, it serves more than 80 destinations.

Special liveries

Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 in Oneworld special livery

In 1997, a Boeing 747-200 (B-HIB) named Spirit of Hong Kong, with a special livery, a big traditional Chinese brushstroke character "家" (means family/home), a slogan in traditional Chinese"繁榮進步 更創新高" painted on the left side of the aircraft and a slogan "The Spirit of Hong Kong 97" painted on the right side of the aircraft, to commemorate the handover of Hong Kong back to China.[10] On 17 January 2000, Spirit of Hong Kong made a return on a Boeing 747-400 (B-HOX) to celebrate the legendary resilience of Hong Kong, with a new special livery depicting a young athlete overcoming a series of challenges to reach his goal. A special motto — "Same Team. Same Dream." — was painted on the left side of the aircraft and a motto in traditional Chinese ("積極進取 飛越更高理想") was painted on the right side of the aircraft.[11] On 30 July 2013, Spirit of Hong Kong made another return, this time, on a Boeing 777-300ER (B-KPB). The livery features 110 people who represent the extraordinary spirit of Hong Kong people. The livery also has the slogan "The Spirit of Hong Kong 香港精神號" The livery is the result of an online contest held by Cathay Pacific to call on Hong Kong people to submit creative entries that illustrate the true spirit of the city – along with a full-body photograph of themselves. The judging panel then chose 100 winners and 10 champions – and their silhouettes have been painted on the aircraft.[12]

On 5 July 2002, a Boeing 747-400 (B-HOY), named Asia's world city, carried a special livery, the "Asia's world city" brandline, the Brand Hong Kong logotype and the dragon symbol, to promote Hong Kong around the world.[13]

On 29 August 2006, the airline took delivery of its 100th aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 with the registration B-LAD. For the aircraft acceptance ceremony in Toulouse, the aircraft was painted in a 100th aircraft livery with the slogan "100th aircraft", and the slogan in traditional Chinese "進步精神" painted on the rear of the aircraft.[14] The aircraft was named Progress Hong Kong, a name that was chosen from a competition by the staff.[14]

In November 2011, Cathay received its second 747-8 Freighter (B-LJA) which was painted in the Hong Kong Trader livery. The livery was designed to commemorate the topping out of the new Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal. The name of the livery is taken from Cathay Pacific’s very first 747 freighter which entered the fleet in 1982.

Currently, only one Cathay Pacific aircraft (B-HLU) is painted in the Oneworld livery to commemorate the alliance's 10th anniversary. Previously on 12 March 2009, Cathay Pacific's first Oneworld aircraft, an Airbus A340-300 (B-HXG), was painted in the new, standard Oneworld livery, and has since been retired in March 2017. An additional aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 (B-HLU), is also painted in the Oneworld livery while a Boeing 777-300ER (B-KPL) was painted and delivered on 17 October 2009, before being subsequently repainted to the new Cathay Pacific livery in Oct 2017.[15][16]

Cathay Pacific DC-3 Betsy
Betsy on display in the Hong Kong Science Museum

Fleet history

A former Cathay Pacific Lockheed L-1011-100 TriStar
A former Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-200SF

Since its inception in 1946, the airline had operated many types of aircraft. The first two aircraft were two World War II surplus Douglas DC-3s, named Betsy and Niki. Betsy (VR-HDB), the first aircraft for Cathay Pacific, is now a permanent exhibit in the Hong Kong Science Museum. Niki (VR-HDA) was lost, but a similar DC-3 was purchased as a replacement. It was refurbished and repainted by the airline's Engineering Department and maintenance provider, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company, and it now wears the second Cathay Pacific livery from the late 1940s. This aircraft received Niki's old aircraft registration and is now on public view in the car park outside the Flight Training Center of Cathay City.[17]

Cathay Pacific Retired Fleet[18][19][20][21][22]
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A340-200 4 1994 1996 Leased before delivery of A340-300.
Airbus A340-300 18 1997 2017 Last flight was on 26 March 2017.
Airbus A340-600 3 2002 2009
Avro Anson Unknown Unknown 1950
Boeing 707-320C 11 1971 1983
Boeing 747-200B 8 1979 1999
Boeing 747-200F 3 1981 2008
Boeing 747-200SF 4 1997 2009
Boeing 747-300 6 1986 1999
Boeing 747-400 24 1989 2016 Last flight was on 1 October 2016.
Boeing 747-400BCF 13 2006 2017
Bristol Britannia Unknown Unknown Unknown Leased from BOAC for a few months
Consolidated PBY Catalina Unknown Unknown 1948 Used for a months in a joint venture in Macau Air Transport Company[23]
Convair 880 8 1962 1975 First jet aircraft type operated by the airline.
Douglas DC-3 Unknown Unknown 1961
Douglas DC-4 Unknown Unknown 1963
Douglas DC-6B Unknown Unknown 1962
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 19 1975 1996 Largest operator outside the United States in 1980s to 1990s[24]
Lockheed L-188 Electra Unknown Unknown 1967

References

  1. 1 2 cathaypacific.com - Aircraft Fleet retrieved 27 April 2018
  2. ↑ "Cathay Pacific Fleet Details and History".
  3. 1 2 3 Airbus Orders and Deliveries (XLS), accessed via "Orders and Deliveries". Airbus. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Airbus A350-1000 features and seating plan". Cathay Pacific. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ↑ onemileatatime.boardingarea.com - Cathay Pacific’s 777s Are Getting Tighter Economy Seats & Wifi - One Mile at a Time retrieved 30 June 2018
  6. ↑ onemileatatime.boardingarea.com - Cathay Pacific’s 777s Are Getting Tighter Economy Seats & Wifi - One Mile at a Time retrieved 30 June 2018
  7. ↑ onemileatatime.boardingarea.com - Cathay Pacific’s 777s Are Getting Tighter Economy Seats & Wifi - One Mile at a Time retrieved 30 June 2018
  8. 1 2 3 boeing.com - Orders & Deliveries retrieved 20 February 2017
  9. ↑ "Cathay Pacific Cargo". Cathay Pacific Cargo. Archived from the original on October 7, 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  10. ↑ "Cathay Pacific B-HIB Photo Search Result". Airliners.net. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  11. ↑ "Cathay Pacific Welcomes Arrival of New "Spirit of Hong Kong"" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 17 January 2000. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  12. ↑ "Cathay Pacific - The Spirit of Hong Kong". cathaypacific.com.
  13. ↑ "Cathay Pacific holds Open Day for "Asia's World City" Aircraft" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  14. 1 2 "Cathay Pacific's 100th Aircraft Greets the Past" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  15. ↑ "Cathay Pacific celebrates Oneworld 10th anniversary with first aircraft in alliance livery" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  16. ↑ "Cathay Pacific Airways 's Photos – Wall Photos". Cathay Pacific. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  17. ↑ "Vintage Aircraft Brings the Past Alive at Cathay Pacific Headquarter's in Airlines 60th Anniversary Year" (Press release). Cathay Pacific. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  18. ↑ "Cathay Pacific fleet". airfleets.net. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "The Cathay Pacific Fleet". Cathay Pacific. October 1996. Archived from the original on 4 February 1997. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  20. ↑ 馮志亮, 劉伯智, 胡淑芬, 王百賦, 劉俊輝, 龐德礎, 江桐林, 翹首振翅：香港機師手記 (Hong Kong: ET Press, 2004), pp. 188–189.
  21. ↑ Danny C.Y. Chan, Hong Kong Aircraft Handbook (Hong Kong: Northcord Transport, 1996).
  22. ↑ Gavin Young, Beyond Lion Rock: The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways (London: Hutchinson, 1988).
  23. ↑ Günter Endres, Major Airlines of the World (Second Edition) (Shrewsbury: Airlife, 2002), p. 53.
  24. ↑ "FS2004 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Cathay Pacific Update Package". fsplanet.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

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