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Cathay Dragon
Cathay Dragon
Cathay Dragon, formerly Dragonair, is a Hong Kong-based airline and a subsidiary company of Cathay Pacific Airways.
last updated:
23 August, 2024
A Ngong Ping 360 cable car approaches the site of the city’s famous “Big Buddha” statue. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong’s Ngong Ping 360 cable car attraction almost back to pre-pandemic heights

Hong Kong’s Ngong Ping cable car attraction at 95 per cent of pre-pandemic heights, but long-haul visitor numbers from Europe and US still to bounce back.

Hong Kong tourism

Hong Kong’s Cathay urged to launch direct flights to 8 new travel scheme cities

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Cathay Pacific is no longer the premium airline Hong Kong remembers

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Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific says captain training move targets short-haul pilots

Decision allows more pilots to be promoted to captain, potentially making the carrier more attractive to employees.

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Cathay pilots had to accumulate 4,000 flying hours to apply for captain training. Photo: Eugene Lee
Cathay Pacific

Editorial | Time has arrived for Cathay Pacific to get back on course for sake of Hong Kong

Cancelled flights have done nothing for the reputation of the city or its flagship carrier, and there needs to be answers as well as an end to chaos.

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Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong’s Cathay dismisses union’s claim it cannot plug pilot shortfall

Carrier says in statement some 250 captains and first officers who have left will rejoin company.

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Cathay Pacific

Flight risk: unpacking pilot grievances at Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific

City’s embattled carrier grappling with disgruntled staff as it claws its way back from pandemic.

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Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific discrimination scandal: why did aircrew behave so badly?

Analysts and employees of flag carrier ask whether Cathay can salvage reputation, save itself from mainlanders’ ire and rebuild standing in key customer base.

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Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines wants government to act to increase competition

Company chief executive Stanley Hui says he aims to open up new routes to places such as Manila and Ho Chi Minh City and boost flight frequencies to current destinations,

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Greater Bay Area

And they’re off! Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines launches first flight to Osaka

First Greater Bay Airlines flight to Osaka from Hong Kong took off on Friday morning, with return leg set for 6pm.

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Greater Bay Airlines CEO Stanley Hui Hon-Chung (centre) with cabin crew members Candy Lau Ka-chun and Jordan Tseung Tat celebrate the carrier’s first flight to Osaka. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines to expand aircraft fleet ‘to 22 planes by 2027’

‘At present, we are running three aircraft. We aim to extend our aircraft fleet to 22 by 2027,’ says CEO Stanley Hui.

Greater Bay Airlines’ first aircraft arrives in Hong Kong in September 2021. Photo K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific union warns less rest time could impact airline service

Union says it has received ‘numerous fatigue reports’ amid staff shortages and additional workload at airline.

Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific says rising demand to improve financial situation

‘It is now our expectation that the second half of 2022 will be operating cash generative overall,’ Ronald Lam says.

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Hong Kong transport

Cathay Pacific starts Hong Kong recruitment drive as city opens up after Covid-19

Cathay Pacific looks to recruit almost 2,500 cabin crew and cadet pilots as it prepares for return to normal service.

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Cathay Pacific said it expected passenger and cargo figures to improve as Hong Kong returns to normal after Covid-19 restrictions. Photo: Yik Yeung -man.
Cathay Pacific

How Cathay Pacific is readying for take-off in the post-pandemic era

Hong Kong’s flagship carrier keen to add thousands to its roster by the end of next year, but finds many reluctant to return.

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Illustration by Lau Ka-kuen.
Hong Kong aviation

Hong Kong gives go-ahead to Greater Bay Airlines to fly 104 routes in Asia

Upstart carrier backed by tycoon Bill Wong granted five-year licence for routes covering mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, among others.

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Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific ‘expects’ to take over 46 routes operated by defunct subsidiary

While government confirms a decision on the routes once held by Cathay Dragon has been made, details are not being released.

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Hong Kong property

Lantau’s popularity grows among bankers, lawyers as pilots desert island

Rents in Lantau have fallen by 10 to 15 per cent since the first quarter of last year as airline industry employees left in droves amid the downturn.

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Pui O, on Lantau Island, was previously popular with airline employees for renting houses because of its proximity to the airport. Photo: Sam Tsang
Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong denies work visas to dozens of Cathay pilots seeking to relocate

Immigration officials’ hardline stance has effectively led to the termination of the pilots, who were allowed to keep their jobs following the closure of Cathay’s overseas bases only if they could secure Hong Kong visas.

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Swire Group

Swire’s flagships bounce back in the interim to cap scion’s tenure

Swire Pacific declared an interim dividend of HK$1 per share while Swire Properties raised its six-month payout to 31 Hong Kong cents per share.

Cathay Pacific

Embattled Cathay Pacific gets more time to use US$1 billion loan facility

The government has given Hong Kong’s flagship carrier another year to draw down on the US$1 billion loan facility, part of a rescue package designed to keep the airline afloat through the Covid-19 pandemic.

The carrier has not drawn down on the credit facility – borrowed from it – in the last 12 months, thanks to a slew of measures it took to preserve cash. Photo: Winson Wong
Cathay Pacific

How Hong Kong’s former cabin crew members are taking off in new jobs

People skills, ability to deal with difficult customers a plus for landing public-facing jobs.

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Former flight attendant Ivy To is now a venue manager for Italian restaurant Crit Room in Sheung Wan. Photo: Sam Tsang
Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific sells first US-dollar bond in 27 years amid travel slump

Hong Kong’s struggling flag carrier has raised US$650 million by selling a US-dollar bond by convincing fixed-income investors to help finance its operations through the coronavirus pandemic.

Insurance

Hong Kong’s axed flight attendants land in high-flying insurance jobs

Many of the cabin crew laid off last year when the pandemic grounded flights have found a new career in insurance where their communication and customer service skills are highly prized.

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Cathay Pacific

Cathay regains permit to operate routes vacated by closed subsidiary

Mainland aviation authorities have granted Cathay Pacific the rights to fly to 15 Chinese cities, while upstart Greater Bay Airlines’ bid to operate more than 100 routes appears to be progressing.

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Cathay Pacific has been granted the rights to operate 15 mainland routes previously by its now-defunct Dragon brand. Photo: Sam Tsang
Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific sells debt to buttress its finances as travel remains in doldrums

As air travel to one of Asia’s biggest aviation hubs dries up, Cathay Pacific is turning to investors for financial support.

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A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 plane making its landing approach at Heathrow Airport in West London. Photo: Getty Images
Coronavirus pandemic

Aircrew quarantine to cost HK$400 million, force more flight cuts, Cathay says

Hong Kong government plans to impose 14-day quarantine and seven-day medical surveillance on all aircrew, and airline says move could have dire consequences for passenger and cargo business.

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Hong Kong aviation

Exclusive | Cathay Dragon chief to take top job at Hong Kong upstart Greater Bay Airlines

Industry veteran Algernon Yau is retiring from Cathay Group after nearly four decades with the company.

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