this will be one loong flight.
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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to begin direct flights to New York:
HONG KONG (AP) – Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways plans to begin flying direct from Hong Kong to New York, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Cathay will start the new service as soon as April next year, once it receives three new A340-600 aircraft, the South China Morning Post quoted chief executive David Turnbull as saying at the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines conference in Cebu, the Philippines.
Cathay Pacific did not immediately return calls for comment.
Chicago-based carrier United Airlines abandoned the route in August last year after a five-month stint, blaming weak demand.
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By: skycruiser - 18th November 2002 at 17:20
RE: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to begin direct flights to New York
Cathay have 15 A340-300 and 3 A340-600 on order.
By: monster500 - 17th November 2002 at 23:43
RE: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to begin direct flights to New York
US west coast flight they orderd them for.
By: EGNM - 17th November 2002 at 22:26
RE: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to begin direct flights to New York
is it singapore i’m getting confused with – one has ordered them for east coast US flights
By: KabirT - 17th November 2002 at 15:34
RE: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to begin direct flights to New York
Its is the 600…they have three on order.
By: EGNM - 17th November 2002 at 11:34
RE: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to begin direct flights to New York
i think it’s the A340-500s that were supposed to do that run not the -600s – might be wrong tho
By: monster500 - 17th November 2002 at 11:01
RE: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to begin direct flights to New York
i know Continental does it, its a 16 hour journey, not for me, that flight needs a break in it.
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