Cathay Pacific to launch new freighter services
Cathay Pacific Airways will expand its global freighter network with
the launch of services to two new destinations in the United States.
On March 6, the airline will add Miami and Houston to its list of US
freighter destinations, which already includes New York, Chicago,
Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The new service will
follow a Hong Kong-Anchorage-Miami-Houston-Anchorage-Hong Kong routing
and will be operated three times a week using state-of-the-art Boeing
747-400ERF Extended Range Freighter.
The new US services follow on from the addition of Jakarta and Ho Chi
Minh City to the Cathay Pacific freighter network in January this year.
This service operates twice a week on Hong Kong-Jakarta-Ho Chi Minh
City-Hong Kong routing using a Boeing 747-400 Freighter and marks the
airline’s first scheduled freighter flight to Indonesia. The new service
has received a positive response from the market.
In addition to the new freighter destinations, Cathay Pacific boosted
its service to Milan in Italy from February 12. Three more flights a
week will be added to and from Italy’s main commercial hub to make a
six-times-weekly service.
Cathay Pacific Director Cargo Rupert Hogg said, “Our cargo business
is currently facing a big challenge due to the worldwide economic
downturn, making it all the more important to seek out new markets and
find ways to develop our business over the long term.
We are pleased to announce the new services to Miami and Houston,
which both provide good connections into the emerging markets of South
and Central America. We are confident our four new freighter
destinations, together with the enhancement of our services to Milan,
will bring long-term benefits.”
With the addition of the new services, Cathay Pacific will operate
flights to 38 destinations using a fleet of 22 dedicated freighters.
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