LAUNCH DATES FOR CATHAY PACIFIC PASSENGER FLIGHT

(UPDATED MAY 2015)

Region
Europe

Destination
London (LON)
Frankfurt (FRA)
Paris (PAR)
Amsterdam (AMS)
Rome (ROM)
Milan (MIL)
Moscow (MOW)
Manchester (MAN)
Zurich (ZRH)
Dsseldorf (DUS)

First commercial flight

Jul 1980
Apr 1984
Apr 1986
Oct 1986
Apr 1986
Mar 2010
Jul 2010 to May 2015
Dec 2014
Mar 2015
Sep 2015

Australia & New Zealand

Sydney (SYD)
Melbourne (MEL)
Adelaide (ADL)
Brisbane (BNE)
Cairns (CNS)
Perth (PER)
Auckland (AKL)

Sep 1946
Dec 1976
Oct 1992
Aug 1982
Oct 1993
Apr 1970
May 1983 to 1984;
Dec 1986

North America

Vancouver (YVR)
Toronto (YYZ)
Los Angeles (LAX)
San Francisco (SFO)
New York (JFK)
New York (EWR)
Chicago (CHI)
Boston (BOS)

May 1983
Jun 1994
Jul 1990
May 1993 (via Vancouver);
Dec 1998
Jul 1996
Mar 2014
Sep 2011
May 2015

North Asia

Tokyo (NRT)
Tokyo (HND)
Osaka (OSA)
Fukuoka (FUK)
Nagoya (NGO)
Sapporo (SPK)
Seoul (SEL)

Jul 1959
Oct 2010
Apr 1960
Sep 1965
Mar 1966
Dec 2001
Aug 2001

Mainland China and Taiwan

Beijing (BJS)

Shanghai (SHA)
Hong Kong (HKG)
Taipei (TPE)

Began in 1986, and

suspended in 1990. It was
then reinstated in Dec 2003.
Dec 2006
Sep 1946
Jul 1959

Bangkok (BKK)
Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Penang (PEN)
Singapore (SIN)

Dec 1946
Aug 1957
Apr 1977 to Mar 2014
Dec 1946

Southeast Asia

Jakarta (JKT)
Surabaya (SUB)
Denpasar (DPS)
Manila (MNL)
Cebu (CEB)
Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)

India and Middle East & Africa

Mumbai (BOM)
Delhi (DEL)
Chennai (MAA)
Hyderabad (HYD)
Bahrain (BAH)
Riyadh (RUH)
Jeddah (JED)
Karachi (KHI)
Dubai (DXB)
Abu Dhabi (AUH)
Colombo (CMB)
Male (MLE)
Johannesburg (JNB)
Doha (DOH)

Sep 1961 to 1964

Mar 1964
Jun 1995
Sep 1971 to 1972
June 1986
Nov 1946
Dec 1992
1950 to 1975
Dec 1991
Jan 1982
Mar 2001
Jun 2008
Dec 2012
Nov 1976
Oct 2001
Oct 2009 to Mar 2014
Sep 2000 to Jun 2014
Nov 1977
Jun 2011 to Mar 2014
Oct 1993
Oct 2013
Jul 1991
Mar 2014