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[Moldova96]

Jan 1. 2018

Following the collapse of British Airways Hong Kong we have now become the largest carrier at HKG, due to the collapse last month our Daily Operating profit was up by 20% to $58 million, this was due to an increase in frequencies on nearly all US flights. We also posted a record yearly profit of $10,516,659,520. All frequency increases for the US flights are on the Cathay Pacific website we were also proud to commence daily flights to Baltimore Washington International and New York LaGuardia with our A350-800s.

This month we are increasing frequencies on European flights. Here is the list of increases:

• Brussels National 9x weekly (up from 2x weekly)
• Prague 7x weekly ( up from 2x weekly)
• Paris Charles De Gaulle 21x weekly ( up from 14x weekly)
• Nice - Côte d'Azur 9x weekly ( up from 2x weekly)
• Frankfurt am Main 14x weekly ( up from 10x weekly)
• Dublin 14x weekly ( up from 5x weekly)
• Milan Malpensa 14x weekly ( up from 5x weekly)
• Rome - Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino 14x weekly ( Up from 5x weekly)
• Venice - Marco Polo 7x weekly ( Up from 4x weekly)
• Moscow Domodedovo 14x weekly ( Up from 6x weekly)
• Barcelona - El Prat 14x weekly (Up from 7x weekly)
• Bilbao - Loiu 2x weekly (Up from 1x weekly)
• Madrid - Barajas 14x weekly (Up from 8x weekly)
• Stockholm - Arlanda 14x weekly (Up from 5x weekly)
• Zürich - Kloten 9x weekly (Up from 6x weekly)
• Geneva - Cointrin 7x weekly (Up from 5x weekly)
• Kiev - Boryspil 4x weekly (Up from 3x weekly)

New destinations:

• Lyon Saint-Exupéry 7x weekly
• Marseille - Provençe 7x weekly
• Toulouse - Blagnac 5x weekly
• Hamburg - Fuhlsbüttel 7x weekly
• Hanover - Langenhagen 5x weekly
• Leipzig/Halle 2x weekly
• Nuremberg 3x weekly
• Venice - Marco Polo 7x weekly
• Warsaw - Frédéric Chopin 7x weekly
• Lisbon - Portela 7x weekly
• Bucharest - Henri Coandă 3x weekly
• Moscow Sherematyevo 7x weekly
• London Stansted 7x weekly

So overall that makes an increase of frequency on 18 European flights and 13 new European destinations. And this means that out Daily operating profit is up to $72,583,145.

Moldova96, Chairman of the Imperial Group

[9M-TKS]

Woohoo, British Airways HK collapsed. Any idea why?

[Moldova96]

I believe it was due to competition or a lack of activity but it has meant we have seen a huge increase in viable routes but the main threat for Cathay Pacific now comes from the Chinese market where there are now 8 carriers hat are trying to get into the Hong Kong Market.

[9M-TKS]

HKG is indeed a though market

[9M-TKS]

And can we codeshare on KUL/PEN/BKI/KCH - HKG? I also would like HKG-TPE, HND, ICN

[Moldova96]

A Codeshare agreement has been signed on the following routes with Malaysia airways from HKG:

• Kuala Lumpur
• Penang
• Kota Kinabalu
• Kuching

And also on these non-Malaysian flights:
Taiwan Taoyuan
Tokyo Haneda
Seoul Incheon

These codeshare routes will come into use on the 12th of January 2018.

[9M-TKS]

Thanks Moldova ,

And Speed, our KUL-SYD/MEL codeshare is still on right?

[Moldova96]

May 2018

Cathay Pacific has signed an agreement to codeshare on flights to the following destinations:

• Birmingham
• Manchester
• London Gatwick

And in Oceania:

• Sydney
• Melbourne
• Perth
• Brisbane
• Auckland

[Moldova96]

May 2018

Following the vast improvements in European and North American frequencies, Cathay Pacific is now moving it's improvements to the Middle East. We hope to bring even more high quality flights to this outstanding region in time for the 2022 World Cup In Qatar and also for the great new tourist destinations opening up.

This month we are increasing frequencies on the following flights:
Larnaca 4x weekly (Up from 2x weekly)
Amman Queen Alia 4x weekly (Up from 3x weekly)
Beirut Rafic Hariri 4x weekly (Up from 2x weekly)
Muscat 4x weekly (Up from 2x weekly)
Riyadh King Khalid 7x weekly (Up from 6x weekly)
Dammam King Fahd 3x weekly (Up from 2x weekly)
Sana'a 3x weekly (Up from 2x weekly)

We are opening routes to:
Kabul 4x weekly
Yerevan Zvartnots 2x weekly
Baku Heydar Aliyev 4x weekly
Aden 2x weekly

This totals an increasing of frequencies on 8 routes and 4 new routes. We have now linked every country in Caucasus with Hong Kong and increased frequencies to Cyprus, Lebanon and Oman by 50%.

[9M-TKS]

Another wave of rapid expansion?

[Moldova96]

Another wave of rapid expansion?

We are currently in a midst of a huge number of deliveries and the recent collapse of British Airways Hong Kong means we are filling gaps and resuming routes lost when the airline went under. We are also in the strong position of having a new terminal expansion on the horizon to cope with the routes we will expand and open in the coming months and years.

[Moldova96]

September 2018,

We are now onto our fourth round of expansion now heading to Africa. This is a key emerging market that we are keen to extend our presence in, we are also looking at tailoring the needs of the traveller into the Cathay experience in Africa with more regional cuisine and partnerships with emerging businesses.

This month we are increasing frequencies on the following flights:
Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta 3x weekly (Up from 2x weekly)
Cairo 7x weekly (Up from 5x weekly)
Casablanca - Mohammed V 3x weekly (Up from 2x weekly)

We are opening routes to:
Bangui - M'Poko 1x weekly
N'Djamena 1x weekly
Pointe-Noire - Antonio Agostinho Neto 2x weekly
Antananarivo - Ivato 1x weekly
Nouakchott 1x weekly
Marrakech - Menara 2x weekly
Cotonou - Cadjehoun 1x weekly
Conakry - Gbessia 1x weekly
Monrovia - Roberts 1x weekly
Bamako - Senou 1x weekly
Niamey - Diori Hamani 1x weekly
Freetown - Lungi 1x weekly

So we have increased frequencies on 3 flights to Africa and have opened 12 new routes to Africa with now a total of 3/4 daily flights to the continent an a total increase in profit of $783,000 caused by this expansion

Moldova96, Chairman of the Imperial Group

[Moldova96]

March 2019.

We are now beginning our expansion in Central America and the Caribbean. This is a hugely expanding market in Asia and we see this as a major area for growth which has been ignored by many Asian carriers.

This month we are increasing frequencies on the following flights:
Nassau 3x weekly (Up from 2x weekly)

We are opening routes to:
Belize City - Philip S. W. Goldson 1x weekly
San José - Juan Santamaría 2x weekly
Barbados - Grantley Adams 2x weekly
Philipsburg - Princess Juliana 3x weekly

Moldova96, Chairman of the Imperial Group

[Moldova96]

May 2019:

We are sad to say goodbye to the work horse of our fleet for 19 years the 747-400, at one time we had a fleet of 50 of these marvellous aircraft but due to rising cots and ageing of the fleet we must bid fare well to them. They will be withdrawn tomorrow but our last 747 will be given to the government of Hong Kong for trips around the world, the aircraft will be refitted to fit their needs and is a present from us to the people of Hong Kong. But until the aircraft is handed over we will allowing the people of Hong Kong the chance of flights around our beautiful City and a chance to win a trip around the World with Cathay Pacific and the AAA and you get to choose your destinations.

Moldova96, Chairman of the Imperial Group

[Moldova96]

July 2019:

Cathay Pacific offers a huge number of flights between the major financial and economic cities of the world. Here is our current schedule on flights to the big 5 destinations:
London:

• London Heathrow (3x daily, flying 1,738 passengers per day)
• London Gatwick (2x daily, flying 731 passengers per day)
• London Stansted ( 2x daily, flying 634 passengers per day)

From London we offer over 3,100 seats per day, we fly per year on this route 1.1 million passengers per year. We offer 7 daily flights to London and fly over 2,500 flights a year between London and Hong Kong alone.

Paris:

• Paris Charles De Gaulle (3x daily, flying 1,357 passengers per day)
• Paris Orly (2x daily, flying 680 passengers per day)

From Paris we offer over 2,000 seats per day, we fly 740,000 passengers per year. We offer 5 daily flights to Paris and fly over 1800 flights a year between Paris and Hong Kong alone.

Frankfurt-Am-Main:

• Frankfurt (3x daily, flying 1,746 passengers per day)

From Frankfurt we offer over 1,700 seats per day, we fly 660,000 passengers per year. We offer 3 daily flights from Frankfurt and fly over 1075 flights a year between Frankfurt and Hong Kong alone.

New York:

• John F. Kennedy International (2x daily, flying 595 passengers per day)
• Newark Liberty (1x daily, flying 485 passengers per day)
• LaGuardia (1x daily, flying 296 passengers per day)

From New York we offer over 1,375 seats per day, we fly 500,000 passengers per year. We offer 4 daily flights from New York and fly over 1450 flights a year between New York and Hong Kong alone.

Tokyo:

• Tokyo Haneda (6x daily flights, flying 1,877 passengers per day)
• Tokyo Nartia (4x daily flights, flying 869 passengers per day)

From Tokyo we offer over 2,725 seats per day, we fly 1 million passengers per year. We offer 10 daily flights from Tokyo and fly over 3650 flights a year between Hong Kong and Tokyo alone.

Moldova96, Chairman of the Imperial Group

[Superman]

LaGuardia airport is not a intertional airport

[Moldova96]

Cathay Pacific flys into 3 London Airports due to the high demand for flights to Hong Kong from the United Kingdom, Heathrow is our prized route and allows huge connections to other global destinations, London Gatwick allows passengers a faster connection to the South of England and provide links with Legacy Airlines and Stansted provide Cathay passengers with an alternative airport for connections to low cost carriers. The reasoning behind the flight to LaGuardia is that this flight is a premium flight operated as part of an agreement with large institution in Manhattan who see LaGuardia as a quicker choice for flights, we offer special rates on this route and provide one of our highest quality flights on this route. We also pay higher charges for flying this route and we pay directly for an cost or disruption caused by this route to the local area, also thanks to United States border preclearance at the airport passengers coming into LGA do not need to go through Passport control if they wish to travel domestically within the US once they have landed.