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COMPANY HISTORY Flashcards

1
Q

When was the first Aircraft bought?
What was the reg?
What was it’s name?

A

Bought on October 1945
VR-VDB
Betsy

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Who were the men founding the first Company and what was it’s name and when did operation start?

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Roy Farell and Sydney de Kantzow started Roy Farell Import-Export Company in January 1946

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3
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What was Roys and Sydneys first shipment in 1946

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Clothes from Australia to Shanghai

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4
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When was Company moved from Shangahai?

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11th of May 1946

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5
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When was Cathay Pacific formed?

A

24th of September 1946 for 1 $HKD

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6
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Where does the name Cathay come from?

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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.

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7
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To where was the first flight for Cathay Pacific?

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Hong Kong to Manilla

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8
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How was the owner structure in 1948?

A

Swire 45%
ANA 35%
Roy Farell 10%
Sydney de Kantzow 10%

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9
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After Swire bought into the Company when did operation start and when was the new Company registred?

A

1 July 1948 and registered 18th of October 1948

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10
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When was the first accident for Cathay Pacific?

A

1948 when the Catalina was hi-jacked. The Worlds first hi-jacking

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When was the 2nd accident for Cathay?

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1949 when a DC-3 crashed after a go-around in bad weather from Manilla to Hong Kong

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12
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When did Hong Kong decide to divide air traffic rights?

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  1. Cathay got the Southern routes and Hong Kong Airways got the northern ones
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13
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When was Cathays 3rd accident?

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1954 when a DC-3 was shoot down by the Peoples Liberation force in the South China sea.

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14
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When was Betsy sold and where is she now?

A

1955

She’s in the Hong Kong Science museum

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15
Q

What happend to Nikki?

A

Was never found. A replica was bought and put outside the Cathay Flight Training Centre

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16
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What happend 1959?

A

Cathay bought Hong Kong Airways and got the rights to fly to Northern China
Cathay also got it’s first turbine aircraft

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17
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When did Cathay get it’s first Jet aircraft`?

A
  1. it was a Convair 880
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18
Q

When did Cathay carry it’s millionth passenger?

A

1964

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19
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When was Cathays only accident in the 60s?

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1967 when a Convar 880 overran the runway at Kai Tak

1 person was killed

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20
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When was Cathays only accident in the 70s?

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1972 when a Convair 880 was blown up from Bangkok to Hong Kong
All 81 people onboard was killed

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21
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When was the B707 introduced?

A

1973

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22
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When was the first widebody Aircraft introduced?

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1975

23
Q

When did Cathay get it’s first B744-200?

A

1979

24
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When does Cathay start flying to London?

A

16th of July 1980

25
Q

When does Cathay start to fly to Vancouver?

A

1983

26
Q

What significant things happens 1986?

A

Cathay starts flying to San Francisco

Cathay gets introduced on the Hong Kong stock exchange

27
Q

What happens 1990?

A

CITIC(47%), Cathay(30%) and Swire(13%) buys 90% of Dragonair

28
Q

When did Cathay buy into Air Hong Kong?

A

1994

29
Q

When was the 1st Brushwing loga introduced?

A

1994

30
Q

When did Cathay get it’s first A330-300

A

1995

31
Q

What significant things happens 1996?

A

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

32
Q

What happens 1997?

A

Hong Kong becomes Chinese on 1st of July

VR regs becomes B regs

33
Q

When was Kai Tak Close?

A

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

34
Q

When did Cathay receive the first B777-300ER?

A

21st of May 1998

35
Q

When did One World start and when was it announced?

A

Announced in September 1998 and operational 1st of Feb 1999

36
Q

When did Cathay receive their first A340-600?

A

28th November 2002. Cathay was launch customer in Asia

37
Q

When did Cathay and DHL do a joint venture with Air Hong Kong?

A

2002
70% Cathay
30% DHL

38
Q

When did Dragonair become a wholly subsidary of Cathay?

A

2006

CNAC is out of Dragonair

39
Q

What cross-share holding occured 2006?

A

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.

40
Q

When was the B777-300ER ordered`?

When was the first delivered?

A

Ordered 2005

Delivered 2007

41
Q

What happened to the Cathay shares 2009?

A

Air China buys CITIC:s remaining share in Cathay and goes up to 30%
Swire gets 5% more and is now up to 45%

42
Q

When was Cathays last big accident?

A

An A330-342 CX 780 from Surabaya to Hong Kong landed at high speed as the Engines were unresponsive after fuel contamination

43
Q

What slogan was launched 2015?

A

Life well travelled

44
Q

What cities were added 2015 to the network?

Which were discontinued?

A

Zurich, Boston and Dusseldorf

Moscow and Doha

45
Q

When was the new livery launched?

A

1st November 2015 on a B777-300ER B-KPM

46
Q

When was Cathay Dragon announced and when was it operational?

A

Launched 28th of Jan 2016 and operational 21st of November

47
Q

When did the first A350-900 arrive to Cathay and when was the first flight?

A

Arrived 29th of May and first flight was CX 907 to Manilla with B-LRA

48
Q

Which destination was added 2016?

A

Madrid, Gatwick

49
Q

When was the last flight with the B747-400?

A

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

50
Q

When was the ledership Conference 2017?

A

18th of January

51
Q

What route will be added 2017?

A

Telaviv will be added in March 2017

52
Q

When were Cathay “Airline of the year” with skytrax?

A

2003
2005
2009
2014

53
Q

When was HK Airport, “Airport of the year”?

A 
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2007
2008
2011
54
Q

When was Cathay the cleanest Airline according to Skytrax?

A

2016

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