COMPANY HISTORY Flashcards
When was the first Aircraft bought?
What was the reg?
What was it’s name?
Bought on October 1945
VR-VDB
Betsy
Who were the men founding the first Company and what was it’s name and when did operation start?
Roy Farell and Sydney de Kantzow started Roy Farell Import-Export Company in January 1946
What was Roys and Sydneys first shipment in 1946
Clothes from Australia to Shanghai
When was Company moved from Shangahai?
11th of May 1946
When was Cathay Pacific formed?
24th of September 1946 for 1 $HKD
Where does the name Cathay come from?
Comes from the Word “Catai” which is the Anglicized version of “Catai” and an alternative name for China. Was used by Europeans and Central/western asians for the Northern part of China
Marco Polo also used it in his book about his travels in China.
To where was the first flight for Cathay Pacific?
Hong Kong to Manilla
How was the owner structure in 1948?
Swire 45%
ANA 35%
Roy Farell 10%
Sydney de Kantzow 10%
After Swire bought into the Company when did operation start and when was the new Company registred?
1 July 1948 and registered 18th of October 1948
When was the first accident for Cathay Pacific?
1948 when the Catalina was hi-jacked. The Worlds first hi-jacking
When was the 2nd accident for Cathay?
1949 when a DC-3 crashed after a go-around in bad weather from Manilla to Hong Kong
When did Hong Kong decide to divide air traffic rights?
- Cathay got the Southern routes and Hong Kong Airways got the northern ones
When was Cathays 3rd accident?
1954 when a DC-3 was shoot down by the Peoples Liberation force in the South China sea.
When was Betsy sold and where is she now?
1955
She’s in the Hong Kong Science museum
What happend to Nikki?
Was never found. A replica was bought and put outside the Cathay Flight Training Centre
What happend 1959?
Cathay bought Hong Kong Airways and got the rights to fly to Northern China
Cathay also got it’s first turbine aircraft
When did Cathay get it’s first Jet aircraft`?
- it was a Convair 880
When did Cathay carry it’s millionth passenger?
1964
When was Cathays only accident in the 60s?
1967 when a Convar 880 overran the runway at Kai Tak
1 person was killed
When was Cathays only accident in the 70s?
1972 when a Convair 880 was blown up from Bangkok to Hong Kong
All 81 people onboard was killed
When was the B707 introduced?
1973
When was the first widebody Aircraft introduced?
1975
When did Cathay get it’s first B744-200?
1979
When does Cathay start flying to London?
16th of July 1980
When does Cathay start to fly to Vancouver?
1983
What significant things happens 1986?
Cathay starts flying to San Francisco
Cathay gets introduced on the Hong Kong stock exchange
What happens 1990?
CITIC(47%), Cathay(30%) and Swire(13%) buys 90% of Dragonair
When did Cathay buy into Air Hong Kong?
1994
When was the 1st Brushwing loga introduced?
1994
When did Cathay get it’s first A330-300
1995
What significant things happens 1996?
CNAC announces the possible start of a 3rd HK Airline
In a settlement CITIC sells Dragonair stakes to CNAC in Exchange for more shares in Cathay
Dragonair: CNAC 36%, CITIC 29%, Cathay 18%, Swire 18%
Cathay: Swire 44%(50%), CITIC 25%(12%)
Cathay takes delivery of B777-200 and the A340-300
What happens 1997?
Hong Kong becomes Chinese on 1st of July
VR regs becomes B regs
When was Kai Tak Close?
6th of July 1998
Last landing was a A320 from Dragonair @23:38
Last T/O was a B747 CX 251 to London @ 00:00
Very last T/O was a A340 CX3340 @01:05
Kai Tak closed @ 01:28
When did Cathay receive the first B777-300ER?
21st of May 1998
When did One World start and when was it announced?
Announced in September 1998 and operational 1st of Feb 1999
When did Cathay receive their first A340-600?
28th November 2002. Cathay was launch customer in Asia
When did Cathay and DHL do a joint venture with Air Hong Kong?
2002
70% Cathay
30% DHL
When did Dragonair become a wholly subsidary of Cathay?
2006
CNAC is out of Dragonair
What cross-share holding occured 2006?
Air China takes 18% in Cathay
Swire goes down to 40% in Cathay
CITIC goes down to 18%
Cathay gets 20% in Air China
CNAC is out but they have ties to AIr China so they are still in there.
When was the B777-300ER ordered`?
When was the first delivered?
Ordered 2005
Delivered 2007
What happened to the Cathay shares 2009?
Air China buys CITIC:s remaining share in Cathay and goes up to 30%
Swire gets 5% more and is now up to 45%
When was Cathays last big accident?
An A330-342 CX 780 from Surabaya to Hong Kong landed at high speed as the Engines were unresponsive after fuel contamination
What slogan was launched 2015?
Life well travelled
What cities were added 2015 to the network?
Which were discontinued?
Zurich, Boston and Dusseldorf
Moscow and Doha
When was the new livery launched?
1st November 2015 on a B777-300ER B-KPM
When was Cathay Dragon announced and when was it operational?
Launched 28th of Jan 2016 and operational 21st of November
When did the first A350-900 arrive to Cathay and when was the first flight?
Arrived 29th of May and first flight was CX 907 to Manilla with B-LRA
Which destination was added 2016?
Madrid, Gatwick
When was the last flight with the B747-400?
1st of October. CX 543 from Tokyo to Hong Kong woth B-HUJ
8th Oct was a Farewell flight
27th Oct it departs to Bruntingsthorpe
When was the ledership Conference 2017?
18th of January
What route will be added 2017?
Telaviv will be added in March 2017
When were Cathay “Airline of the year” with skytrax?
2003
2005
2009
2014
When was HK Airport, “Airport of the year”?
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2011
When was Cathay the cleanest Airline according to Skytrax?
2016
