Cathay Pacific has had a rough several weeks. There have been huge protests in Hong Kong for months, and that has increasingly impacted the airline. Not only has it decreased demand for travel to & through Hong Kong, but the airline has also found themselves…
Arguably the single most comfortable flight within North America is Cathay Pacific's flight from New York to Vancouver. The airline operates this as a fifth freedom flight, with the flight continuing onwards to Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific has revealed…
A few weeks ago Cathay Pacific's CEO suddenly resigned, and now Cathay Pacific's Chairman is resigning as well. It has just been announced that Cathay Pacific Chairman John Slosar will be "retiring" as of November 6, 2019. For those of you not familiar,…
Cathay Pacific has had a rough several weeks, following everything that's going on in Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific's CEO suddenly resigned, and staff have been warned not to participate in the "illegal protests," or they could be terminated. Suffice to…
Obviously there are bigger issues going on at Cathay Pacific right now than the progress of their wifi installation. However, I wrote a post a while back about their progress installing wifi on their 777s, and wanted to update that post, since several…
Last Friday I wrote about how Cathay Pacific's CEO suddenly resigned. Rupert Hogg had been CEO fo the company since May 2017, and by most accounts did a really good job. He had been with Cathay Pacific's parent company for over 30 years. As he described…
Cathay Pacific has just announced some shocking senior management changes. Obviously a lot has been going on in Hong Kong. There have been protests for months, and these have increasingly impacted the airport and airline over the past couple of weeks.…
Big protests have been going on in Hong Kong for the past couple of months, though largely aviation hasn't been impacted too much. We've seen some flights canceled due to some employees calling in sick so they can participate in protests, but that's…
As just about everyone is probably aware of by now, there have been huge protests in Hong Kong for the past couple of months. I love Hong Kong and I think it's pretty clear where I stand on this, though I won't chime in any further because I know how…
Shanghai is a major market for Cathay Pacific, as they often operate over a dozen flights from there to Hong Kong, given how connected the cities are. Up until now Cathay Pacific has had a rather lackluster lounge at the airport, which I’ve reviewed…
While Cathay Pacific is generally a well regarded airline, I don't find their business class product to be amazing. While their reverse herringbone seats in long haul business class were innovative when first introduced, they've become the industry standard…
Cathay Pacific is becoming the third airline in the past few months to scale back first class. Just a few months ago Korean Air announced that they'd cut first class on dozens of routes, while Asiana announced that they'd eliminate first class altogether.…
For those of you not familiar with Amex Offers, it’s a program available through most Amex cards, where different cards are eligible for different savings and bonus offers. In many cases the offers can be huge, and more than offset the annual fee on…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Cathay Pacific's rebranding. Cathay Pacific's previous slogan was "Life Well Travelled," but they changed it to "Move Beyond." For a variety of reasons I don't like the rebranding, as they go from one of my favorite…
Here's a shocking and sad story that's only making headlines months after the actual occurrence. On October 28, 2018, Ming Kou Chan (a Stanford scholar) was scheduled to fly Cathay Pacific from San Francisco to Hong Kong, and was using the Cathay Pacific…
Airlines sure do love spending money on a rebranding, even if it's not necessary. Cathay Pacific has revealed the details of a brand refresh, which includes the introduction of a new slogan -- "Move Beyond." Here are a few videos with the new slogan:…
While Emirates is cracking down on passengers who are removing items from planes, Cathay Pacific is now reportedly doing the same for employees. Danny Lee at the South China Morning Post reports that Cathay Pacific is newly cracking down on flight attendants…
At the beginning of March I wrote about how Cathay Pacific confirmed that they were in talks to acquire HK Express from HNA Group. Then just a couple of days ago it became clear that an announcement was imminent, and now it has been made. Cathay Pacific…
Alaska Mileage Plan is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, given their unique array of airline partners, combined with their generous mileage earning rates. It's an exciting year for transpacific flights out of Seattle, as next month both Cathay…
At the moment, the US American Express Membership Rewards seems to have a transfer bonus for Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, which may very well be targeted. All the accounts I manage offer a bonus of 30%, though it's possible that other accounts don't. When…
Cathay Pacific is an airline that has been trying to turn themselves around, after a rough 2016 and 2017. In those two years the airline lost significant amounts of money (~73 million USD and ~160 million USD, respectively), despite historically being…
