Cathay Pacific Airways - CPA

Advantages: Slick, Safe and Speedy
Disadvantages: Lack of TV on Demand in Economy, needs to keep progressing

...I'm a relative of a Cathay Pilot, so I hope this review doesn't appear too biased towards Cathay! Hopefully though, I'll be able to give some useful insight into how the airline works! HISTORY: Cathay Pacific Airways was founded in 1946 by Roy C. Farrell and Sydney De Kantzow. Orginally based in Shangahi, it soon moved to Hong Kong, where it has been based ever since. It was taken over in 1948 by the Swire group, one of Hong Kong's leading trading ...
...From its humble beginnings, Cathay Pacific has continued to expand its fleet and its destinations. It has 103 wide-bodied aircraft; owning both Boeing and Airbus planes. A delivery of the brand-new Boeing 777-300ER will take place in September of this year. The airline has one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the sky today. Incidentally, Cathay Pacific's very first aircraft, affectionately known as "Betsy", was found flying around the Australian ... Read review

Advantages: The are possibly the best airline avaliable and everything is excellent
Disadvantages: I must admit they do cost a little more than most airlines

...to much) and seeing that Cathay Pacific are an Asian airline, they usually participate in long haul flights which are usually Boeing 747's. In my opinion, I consider Cathay Pacific one of the better airlines. With the amount of times my family and I have traveled with them, we never once had any trouble with poor service or overbooking. Losing luggage almost never happens but there was this one time where the check-in assissant forgot to give us ...
...our connecting flight but luckly Cathay Pacific had loaded our luggage and nothing was lost. Food Depending on your destination, they usually serve different meals and it is definite that you will never go hungry with this airline. Like every long distance airline, they will most likely serve meals and snacks around every hour. Breakfast usually consists of , some fruit drink like orange juice, possibly a little sweet or a mint, some sort off egg, ... Read review

Advantages: Food
Disadvantages: Leg room, entertainment not as good as other airlines

I recently flew with Cathay Pacific AIrlines (CPA) from Sydney to Hong Kong. I booked the ticket through a travel agent but then checked in online. To do this you just go on their website and put in your ticket number and then you can pick where you want to sit and you are checked in. Obviously you still have to check your bags in but it did mean I only had to get to the airport an hour and a half before take-off time instead of 2 hours so it gives ...
...connecting flight from Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific is definitely cramped in comparison! There were however less seats as there were only 2 seats next to the window and 3 making up the aisles compared to the 3 at the window and 4 in the aisle that I have flown with before. Leaving Sydney at night I was treated to dinner and breakfast on the flight. There was a choice of four menus for dinner, the most choice I have ever been offered on a flight, and ... Read review

Advantages: Great customer service
Disadvantages: somewhat cramped

...LA to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific, where we flew the rest of the way by some smaller company. The flight from LA to Hong Kong, was going to be pretty exciting, as I had never really been to Hong Kong before and we were going to have a two day layover, so we'd actually have an opportunity to look around a little bit. On the flight with me was myself and about fifteen other crew chiefs that I worked with. So, I knew this flight was going to be pretty ...
...that was attractive that moved, talked, breathed, whatever. I knew that my coworkers would find a way to kick some game and hit on all of them in Air Force fashion. Customer Service Upon arrive at LAX, we were first of all, pretty amazed with how cool the airport was. However, we were pretty annoyed with the fact, that we had to do the transfer of our luggage ourselves. That was far too large of an airport to have to worry about finding your luggage, ... Read review

Advantages: Great customer service
Disadvantages: None

Cathay Pacific in short is one of the best airline companies in the world, and that concludes my opinion. NOT, I could go on all day about how excellent Cathay Pacific is. Cathay Pacific is an Asian airline company based in Hong Kong where they have a vast headquarter site where they research and run the company. They have a major presence in most major airports such as Heathrow because of Hong Kong being a huge import and export city whcih also ...
...The reason I choose Cathay Pacific is because of its outstanding track record and customer service. I don't think I have ever once been delayed by a fault occuring through Cathays fault. There check in staff are very helpful and can sort out any problems or queries you may have, once when my flight couldn't take off because of storms in Hong Kong they even provided vouchers to enjoy the food of our choice at various cafes. Also unlike other airlines ... Read review