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Cathay brings a redesigned lounge experience to The Bridge in Hong Kong

May 7, 2025176 Views

The Bridge’s reopening marks the first stage of Cathay Pacific’s wide-ranging lounge enhancement plan at its home hub Cathay Pacific is welcoming customers to The Bridge, its much-loved lounge at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) that officially re-opened its doors to guests today. Occupying a prime intersection at the airline’s home hub, The Bridge has been redesigned with a host of new, unique features as well as familiar favourites to provide customers with an elevated experience before their flights. The reopening of The Bridge marks the first stage in Cathay Pacific’s wider lounge enhancement plan in Hong Kong and beyond. It comes as the airline prepares for the renovation of The Wing, First – which will close on 23 May and reopen in 2026 – followed by The Wing, Business a...

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Air Astana celebrates 20 years of connecting Kazakhstan and India

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April 25, 2025117 Views

Air Astana has celebrated 20 years of connecting Kazakhstan and India with the launch of new three times a week service from Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, to Mumbai, India's financial capital, on 20th April 2025. During a reception in Mumbai marking the launch of the new service, Peter Foster, CE0 of Air Astana Group commented, “With the Indian economy growing strongly, Air Astana is delighted to launch services to Mumbai, a vibrant and flourishing metropolis driven by trade, finance and enterprise. Business and leisure travellers will now be able to experience the excellence of Air Astana's in-services when flying between Kazakhstan's and India's most commercial cities.” Since entering the Indian market in 2004, the airline has steadily expanded its presence and currently ...

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Cathay Pacific to provide 100% Wi-Fi connectivity on all flights

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April 9, 2025130 Views

Also announces 100% seatback inflight entertainment from August 2025 Elevating the customer experience to new heights with award-winning seatback IFE and seamless connectivity across its entire fleet Cathay Pacific has announced that from August 2025 it will be one of the very few airlines to offer both 100% seatback inflight entertainment and 100% high-speed inflight connectivity across its fleet, setting a new standard for premium air travel. Customers travelling on Cathay Pacific flights will be able to enjoy the airline’s state-of-the-art IFE system and high-speed Wi-Fi in every cabin on every route, reaffirming its commitment to excellence in customer experience and design, and its aspiration to become the world’s best premium airline. General Manager Customer Exper...

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Bringing to life the airports of the future

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April 1, 2025156 Views

SITA acquires CCM to integrate travel tech with high-end design This move strengthens SITA's offering, integrating processes, tech and design under one end-to-end solution to better advise customers and deliver smarter, more efficient and better airports with smoother passenger experiences. As airports invest heavily in automation, biometrics, security, self-service and personalized commercial services, terminal layouts must evolve alongside these innovations. The traditional model involving rows of check-in counters, static security areas, and inefficient passenger flows no longer makes sense. Instead, airports need seamless integration, where smart technology and intelligent design work together to reduce congestion and make the most out of every square meter. With this i...

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Global air passenger demand reaches record high in 2024

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January 30, 2025164 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released 2024 full-year and December 2024 passenger market performance showing record high demand. Full-year international traffic surpassed the previous 2019 high by 0.5% in 2024, with growth in all regions. Capacity was 0.9% lower than 2019. The load factor improved by 0.5 percentage points, finishing on 83.2%, a record high. Total full-year traffic in 2024 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 10.4% compared to 2023. This was 3.8% above pre-pandemic (2019) levels. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 8.7% in 2024. The overall load factor reached 83.5%, a record for full-year traffic. International full-year traffic in 2024 increased 13.6% compared to 2023, and capacity rose 12.8%....

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Cathay completes two-year rebuilding journey

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January 21, 2025147 Views

The Cathay Group has completed its two-year rebuilding journey, with its focus now firmly on adding more flights and destinations to reinforce Hong Kong’s international aviation hub status Cathay Pacific has released its traffic figures for December 2024. In the full year of 2024, the Cathay Group achieved new post-pandemic highs for total passengers and cargo carried. Cathay Pacific and HK Express carried a combined total of more than 28 million passengers, marking an increase of 30.7% year on year. Meanwhile, Cathay Cargo carried a total of 1.5 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, which was 11% higher than the whole of 2023. Cathay Pacific carried a total of 2,248,950 passengers in December 2024, an increase of 26.4% compared with December 2023. The month’s revenue passenger kilometre...

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Cathay Pacific returns to Rome this summer

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January 8, 2025200 Views

Announcing its 12th European destination, and another step closer to the Group’s target of reaching 100 global destinations within 2025 Cathay Pacific has announced that its global network will further expand this year with the launch of direct flights between Hong Kong and Rome on 5 June 2025. Operated as a three-times-weekly summer seasonal service, the Hong Kong-Rome route will be Cathay Pacific’s second direct connection between its home hub and Italy. The airline currently operates five return flights per week to Milan, increasing to daily this summer. Visitors to Rome can look forward to exploring one of Europe’s most impressive historical and cultural centres with the city boasting countless monuments, landmarks, museums and churches. Cathay Pacific’s return to the city is ...

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Cathay surpasses the 100,000-passenger milestone on a single day

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January 2, 2025250 Views

Marks a strong finish to its two-year rebuilding journey The Cathay Group has achieved a significant milestone by carrying more than 100,000 passengers, the most on a single day since the start of its rebuild. On 15 December 2024, Cathay Pacific and HK Express, the Group’s two passenger airlines, carried a combined total of 100,856 passengers, surpassing the 100,000-passenger mark on a single day. Since the milestone was first reached, the Group exceeded the 100,000-passenger mark on a total of eight days during the year-end travel peak ending 31 December 2024. Cathay Group Chief Executive Officer Ronald Lam said: “We are thrilled to have concluded the year 2024 on a high note with yet another milestone. The past year saw unprecedented progress and expansion for the Cathay Gr...

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Airport capacity crunch threatens the freedom of people to travel

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December 18, 2024314 Views

Slot regulation should push airports to squeeze more capacity from existing infrastructure The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that the airport capacity crunch is threatening the freedom for people to travel, and constraining economies. With little prospect for airport infrastructure to fully keep pace with growing demand, IATA released a White Paper including proposals for how slot regulations must incentivize airports to generate more capacity from existing infrastructure. The number of airports unable to fully meet the demand for air connectivity and requiring slot coordination using the IATA Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines has already grown to nearly 400 worldwide. If current trends prevail, this number could grow by 25% over the next decade. ...

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Fully digital travel experience closer to reality

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October 30, 2024320 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its partners have successfully demonstrated that the industry is ready to deliver a fully digital air travel experience. This was achieved in a proof-of-concept (PoC) involving two passengers using different digital wallets and travel credentials on a round-trip between Hong Kong and Tokyo. IATA partnered with Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong International Airport, Narita International Airport, Branchspace, Facephi, NEC, Neoke, Northern Block and SICPA for the travel which took place on 21 and 22 October. The airport elements of this PoC were conducted in a live environment, building on an initial PoC carried out in a test environment in 2023. In the PoC, two travelers used digital wallets containing their digital passport, company...