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{{Infobox airline
| airline = Cathay Pacific
| image = [[File:Cathay Pacific Ltd. logo.svg|Cathay_Pacific_Ltd._logo]]
| IATA = CX
| ICAO = CPA
| callsign = CATHAY
| founded = 24 September 1946
| hubs = [[Hong Kong International Airport]]
| frequent_flyer = Cathay
| alliance = [[Oneworld]]
| parent = Swire Pacific
| destinations = 76
}}

'''Cathay Pacific Limited''' is an [[airline]] based in [[Hong Kong]]. It transports passengers and cargo to over 120 cities world-wide. Its main base and [[Airline hub|hub]] is at [[Hong Kong International Airport]]. It is one of the six airlines in the world to get a five star rating from Skytrax. It won "Airline of the Year" award from Skytrax in 2003, 2005 and 2009. Its sister airline is [[Cathay Dragon|Dragon air]] which serves destinations in mainland China and Asia. Cathay Pacific operates a fleet of [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A321]], [[Airbus A320neo family|Airbus A321NEO]], [[Airbus A330]], [[Airbus A350 XWB|Airbus A350]] and [[Boeing 777]]. While Cathay Pacific Cargo uses 2 different models of the [[Boeing 747]]. The airline was created on the 24th of September in 1946, by [[Sydney H. de Kantzow]] and [[Roy C. Farrell]]. Cathay Pacific and Cathay Pacific Cargo, together with Dragonair, carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.8 million tons of cargo and mail. Cathay Pacific is also one of the founding members of the [[Oneworld]] alliance.

== History ==

=== 1946–1960: The early years ===
[[File:Cathay Pacific VR-HDB 1.jpg|thumb|''Betsy'', A Douglas DC-3, Cathay Pacific's first aircraft.]]
Cathay Pacific was founded on the 24th of September in 1946 in Hong Kong by [[Sydney H. de Kantzow]] and [[Roy C. Farrell]]. Farrel bought the company the first [[Douglas DC-3]], Nicknamed Betsy. They began by transporting cargo from Sydney to Shanghai on the 28th of January 1946. On the 11th of May 1946 they changed their route from Sydney to Shanghai to Sydney to Hong Kong, after China kept detaining the aircraft. Farrell and de Kantzow re-registered their business in Hong Kong on the 24th of September 1946 as Cathay Pacific Airways. They named the airline Cathay, because it was the ancient name given to China by the Europeans. The airline grew very fast. By 1947, it had 7 [[Douglas DC-3]]s and 2 [[Vickers Catalina]] seaplanes.

=== 1960–1990: Expansion ===
[[File:Cathay Pacific Convair 880 in flight.jpg|thumb|A Cathay Pacific Convair 880 in flight]]
The airline prospered in the late 1950s and into the 1960s, and it purchased its then main rival, Hong Kong Airways, on the 1st of July 1959. In 1964, it carried its one millionth passenger and acquired its first jet engine aircraft, the [[Convair 880]]. In 1967, it became an all jet airline with the replacement of its last [[Lockheed L-188 Electra]] with a Convair 880. In 1971, Cathay Pacific Airways received the first Boeing aircraft [[Boeing 707|707-320B]]. By 1972 it had five 707s. In July 1976 it began operating a Boeing 707 freighter from Hong Kong to Seoul, Bangkok and Singapore. In 1974 Cathay Pacific planned a route from Hong Kong to London. with a Boeing 747. In 1979, Cathay Pacific received its first Boeing 747 and used it for the route. The first flight on this route took place on the 16th of July in 1979. In 1982, Cathay Pacific Airways introduced Cathay Pacific Cargo.

=== 1990–2000: Rebranding, renewal, and Oneworld ===
[[File:Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-200; B-HNL@HKG.jpg|thumb|A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-200]]
In the mid 90s, Cathay Pacific began a fleet replacement, which had a total cost of US$9 billion. On the 21st of May 1998, Cathay Pacific took the first delivery of the [[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-300]]. On 21 September 1998, Cathay Pacific, together with [[American Airlines]], [[British Airways]], [[Canadian Airlines]], and [[Qantas]], co-founded [[Oneworld]] airline alliance. Cathay Pacific recorded a record HK$5 billion profit in 2000.

==== Transfer to Chek Lap Kok and transpolar flights ====
On Monday, the 6th of July 1998, Cathay Pacific terminated flights from [[Kai Tak International Airport]] to [[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow Airport]] after over 73 years of operation. The next day, Cathay Pacific began flights from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York John F. Kennedy International Airport]] to the new Hong Kong International Airport at [[Hong Kong International Airport|Chek Lap Kok.]] This flight was also the world's first nonstop transpolar flight from New York to Hong Kong.
[[File:B-LJK - Boeing 747-867F - Cathay Pacific - VGHS.jpg|thumb|A Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-867F]]

=== 2000–2010: Industrial troubles and acquisitions ===
In 2000 Cathay Pacific, experience labour relations issues while completing the acquisition of Dragonair.

==== The 49ers – employment dispute ====
On 9 July 2001, reportedly following a review of the employment histories of all its pilots, the company fired 49 of its 1,500 pilots. This group became known as "the 49ers". Nearly half of the fired pilots were captains, representing five percent of the total pilots.

==== Acquisition and downsizing of Dragonair ====
[[File:Dragon Air A320 B-HSJ at HKG (21729746333).jpg|thumb|A Dragon Air A320-200]]
On 28 September 2006, Cathay Pacific underwent a shareholding realignment under which Dragonair became an owned subsidiary but continued to operate under its brand. In January 2016, Cathay Pacific announced it was rebranding Dragonair as [[Cathay Dragon]]. On 21 October 2020, Cathay Pacific announced that it would shut down all operations of Cathay Dragon and merge it with its parent company due to the lack of customers and heavy economic problems brought by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. This merger marked the end for the subsidiary carrier after 35 years of operation.

==== Economic challenges ====
To celebrate the airline's 60th anniversary in 2006, a year of roadshows named the "Cathay Pacific 60th Anniversary Skyshow" was held where the public could see the developments of the airline. In March 2009, the airline reported a record full-year loss of HK$8.56 billion for 2008, which was also the carrier's first since the [[1997 Asian financial crisis|1997 Asian Financial Crisis]].

== Current developments ==
[[File:B-LAE - Cathay Pacific - Airbus A330-342 - MSN 850 - VGHS.jpg|thumb|A Cathay Pacific Airbus A330]]
In 2010, the airline set another record high profit, amounting to HK$14.05 billion despite record losses set in the same decade. At the same time, Cathay Pacific had taken delivery of several new aircraft types, including the [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-300]] and [[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-300ER]]. Tony Tyler left his position as CEO at the airline on 31 March 2010. Chief operating officer John Slosar had succeeded as the new CEO. On 8 October 2016, Cathay Pacific retired their last passenger Boeing 747 with a farewell scenic flight around Hong Kong after over 35 years of service of the type. Cathay operated the 747 since August 1979, when it was on services to Australia.

=== 2018 data breach ===
In 2018, the airline discovered a data breach. Data of around 9.4 million passengers were compromised during the breach, with 860,000 passport numbers, 245,000 Hong Kong identity card numbers, 403 expired credit card numbers, and 27 credit card numbers without CVV being accessed. No passwords were stolen. The breach was suspected in March 2018 but was confirmed only in May 2018. In March 2020, the company was fined £500,000 (U.S. $639,600) by the British Information Commissioner's Office.

=== 2017-2019 transformation ===
Under new leadership, the airline started to transform its business after suffering from 2 years of consecutive loss. The strategy focuses on 5Ps – Places, Planes, Product, People, and Productivity to find new sources of revenue, deliver more value to its customers and improve efficiency and productivity. It has launched 13 new routes since 2017, introduced a wide range of changes to its service, including bringing back hot meals on its most busy route between Hong Kong and Taipei. The airline has also invested significantly in other hard product and digital offerings such as an upgraded website, new or refurbished lounges across its network, including the first airline lounge yoga studio. Wi-Fi was introduced in 2017 and will be retrofitted across its fleet by 2020.

=== Acquisition of HK Express ===
On 27 March 2019, Cathay Pacific officially announced it would acquire [[HK Express]], the only low-cost carrier in Hong Kong. It cost Cathay Pacific in total HK$4.93 billion.

=== Hong Kong protests ===
During the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests]], Cathay Pacific employees participated in protests at [[Hong Kong International Airport]]. The Beijing government, which is a shareholder in Cathay Pacific, ordered Cathay to suspend any employees who participated in the protest. Cathay Pacific later suspended a pilot who was arrested during a protest.

=== COVID-19 ===
The COVID-19 pandemic led to travel bans and significantly reduced flight demands, which caused Cathay Pacific to cut international flights in response. In 2020, 96% of all flights from March to May were cancelled, while the group's subsidiary [[HK Express]] suspended all flight operations from 23 March to 30 April 2020, due to reduced demand. At one point during the crisis, only 582 passengers flew with Cathay Pacific in an entire day.

In December 2020, the company said that it expected losses in the second half higher than the losses of the first half due to low demand, restructuring charges and impairments on its fleet.

In 2021, the company posted a record annual loss of $2.8 billion for 2020. It was also announced that the company would cut an additional 8,500 jobs.

In June 2021, the company said that losses in 2021 are expected to be lower than US$1.27 billion in 2020, due to cost-saving measures and strong demand for cargo flights.

=== Recapitalisation and government bailout ===
On 9 June 2020, Cathay Pacific, [[Swire Pacific]] and [[Air China]] halted stock trade pending the announcement. On 10 June, Cathay Pacific and the [[Government of Hong Kong]] jointly announced a HK$39 billion recapitalization plan and rescue package for Cathay Pacific.

== Destinations ==
As of December 2022, '''Cathay Pacific''' serves 74 destinations including [[Air charter|charter]] and cargo services, in 29 countries across Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.

{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Country/region
!City
!Airport
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="7"|Australia||[[Adelaide]]||[[Adelaide Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Brisbane]]||[[Brisbane Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Cairns]]||[[Cairns Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Melbourne]]||[[Melbourne Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Perth]]||[[Perth Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Sydney]]||[[Sydney Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Toowoomba]]||[[Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport]]|| align="center" |Cargo
|-
|Bahrain||[[Manama]]||[[Bahrain International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|Bangladesh||[[Dhaka]]||[[Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|Belgium||[[Brussels]]||[[Brussels Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|Cambodia||[[Phnom Penh]]||[[Phnom Penh International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="3"|Canada||[[Calgary]]||[[Calgary International Airport]]|| align="center" |Cargo
|-
|[[Toronto]]||[[Toronto Pearson International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Vancouver]]||[[Vancouver International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|rowspan="18"|China||[[Beijing]]||[[Beijing Capital International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|[[Chengdu]]||[[Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Chongqing]]||[[Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Fuzhou]]||[[Fuzhou Changle International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Guangzhou]]||[[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Haikou]]||[[Haikou Meilan International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Hangzhou]]||[[Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Nanjing]]||[[Nanjing Lukou International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Ningbo]]||[[Ningbo Lishe International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Qingdao]]||[[Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Qingdao Liuting International Airport]]||{{Terminated|Airport Closed}}
|-
|[[Sanya]]||[[Sanya Phoenix International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Shanghai]]||[[Shanghai Pudong International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Wenzhou]]||[[Wenzhou Yongqiang International Airport]]||{{Coming soon|Resumes 20 February 2023}}
|-
|[[Wuhan]]||[[Wuhan Tianhe International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Xiamen]]||[[Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Xi'an]]||[[Xi'an Xianyang International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Zhengzhou]]||[[Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|Denmark||[[Copenhagen]]||[[Copenhagen Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|France||[[Paris]]||[[Charles de Gaulle Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="2"|Germany||[[Düsseldorf]]||[[Düsseldorf Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Frankfurt]]||[[Frankfurt Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="2"|Hong Kong||rowspan="2"|[[Hong Kong]]||[[Hong Kong International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}
|-
|[[Kai Tak Airport]]||{{Terminated|Airport Closed}}
|-
|rowspan="6"|India||[[Bangalore|Bengaluru]]||[[Kempegowda International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Chennai]]||[[Chennai International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Delhi]]||[[Indira Gandhi International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Hyderabad]]||[[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport]]|| align="center" |Cargo
|-
|[[Kolkata]]||[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]]|| align="center" |Cargo
|-
|[[Mumbai]]||[[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="3"|Indonesia||[[Denpasar]]||[[I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Jakarta]]||[[Soekarno–Hatta International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Surabaya]]||[[Juanda International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|Ireland||[[Dublin]]||[[Dublin Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|Israel||[[Tel Aviv]]||[[Ben Gurion Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|rowspan="2"|Italy||[[Milan]]||[[Milan Malpensa Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Rome]]||[[Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|rowspan="8"|Japan||[[Fukuoka]]||[[Fukuoka Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|[[Komatsu, Ishikawa|Komatsu]]||[[Komatsu Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Nagoya]]||[[Chubu Centrair International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Naha]]||[[Naha Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Osaka]]||[[Kansai International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Sapporo]]||[[New Chitose Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Tokyo]]||[[Haneda Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|[[Narita International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="2"|Malaysia||[[Kuala Lumpur]]||[[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
||[[Penang]]||[[Penang International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|Maldives||[[Malé]]||[[Velana International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Mexico||[[Guadalajara]]||[[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport]]|| align="center" |Cargo
|-
|[[Mexico City]]||[[Benito Juárez International Airport]]||align=center|Cargo
|-
|Nepal||[[Kathmandu]]||[[Tribhuvan International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|Netherlands||[[Amsterdam]]||[[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="2"|New Zealand||[[Auckland]]||[[Auckland Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Christchurch]]||[[Christchurch International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|Pakistan||[[Karachi]]||[[Jinnah International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Philippines||[[Cebu]]||[[Mactan–Cebu International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Manila]]||[[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|Qatar||[[Doha]]||[[Hamad International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|Russia||[[Moscow]]||[[Moscow Domodedovo Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Saudi Arabia||[[Jeddah]]||[[King Abdulaziz International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Riyadh]]||[[King Khalid International Airport]]||align=center|Cargo
|-
|Singapore||[[Singapore]]||[[Singapore Changi Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="2"|South Africa||[[Cape Town]]||[[Cape Town International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Johannesburg]]||[[O. R. Tambo International Airport]]||{{Coming soon|Resumes 1 August 2023}}
|-
|South Korea||[[Seoul]]||[[Incheon International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="2"|Spain||[[Barcelona]]||[[Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Madrid]]||[[Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|Sri Lanka||[[Colombo]]||[[Bandaranaike International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|Switzerland||[[Zürich]]||[[Zürich Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|rowspan="3"|Taiwan||[[Kaohsiung]]||[[Kaohsiung International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Taichung]]||[[Taichung International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Taipei]]||[[Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|rowspan="3"|Thailand||rowspan="2"|[[Bangkok]]||[[Don Mueang International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Suvarnabhumi Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Phuket (city)|Phuket]]||[[Phuket International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|Turkey||[[Istanbul]]||[[Atatürk Airport]]||{{Terminated|Airport Closed}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|United Arab Emirates||[[Abu Dhabi]]||[[Abu Dhabi International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Dubai]]||[[Al Maktoum International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Dubai International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|rowspan="3"|United Kingdom||rowspan="2"|[[London]]||[[Gatwick Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Heathrow Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Manchester]]||[[Manchester Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|rowspan="15"|United States||[[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]]||[[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport]]||align=center|Cargo
|-
|[[Atlanta]]||[[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport]]||align=center|Cargo
|-
|[[Boston]]||[[Boston Logan International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger
|-
|[[Chicago]]||[[Chicago O'Hare International Airport]]|| align="center" |Cargo (Passenger resumes 1 April 2023)
|-
|[[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]||[[Rickenbacker International Airport]]|| align="center" |Cargo
|-
|[[Dallas-Fort Worth]]||[[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]]||align=center|Cargo
|-
|[[Houston]]||[[George Bush Intercontinental Airport]]||align=center|Cargo
|-
|[[Los Angeles]]||[[Los Angeles International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Miami]]||[[Miami International Airport]]||align=center|Cargo
|-
|[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]||[[Newark Liberty International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[New York City]]||[[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]||[[Portland International Airport]]|| align="center" |Cargo
|-
|[[San Francisco]]||[[San Francisco International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger
|-
|[[Seattle]]||[[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Washington, D.C.]]||[[Washington Dulles International Airport]]||{{Terminated}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Vietnam||[[Hanoi]]||[[Noi Bai International Airport]]|| align="center" |Passenger + Cargo
|-
|[[Ho Chi Minh City]]||[[Tan Son Nhat International Airport]]||align=center|Passenger + Cargo
|}
== Fleet ==
'''Cathay Pacific''' operates a fleet of [[Narrow-bofy aircraft|narrow-body]] and [[Wide-body aircraft|wide-body]] passenger aircraft composed of the [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A321]], [[Airbus A320neo family|Airbus A321neo]], [[Airbus A330]], [[Airbus A350 XWB]], and [[Boeing 777]] aircraft. The airline also operates a fleet of 20 [[Boeing 747]] freighters.

=== Current fleet ===
As of February 2023, Cathay Pacific operates the following aircraft:
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;margin:1em auto;"
|+ Cathay Pacific fleet
|-
! rowspan="2" | Aircraft
! rowspan="2" | In service
! rowspan="2" | Orders
! colspan="5" | Passengers
! rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! style="width:25px;" | <abbr title="First Class">F</abbr>
! style="width:25px;" | <abbr title="Business Class">J</abbr>
! style="width:25px;" | <abbr title="Premium Economy">W</abbr>
! style="width:25px;" | <abbr title="Economy Class">Y</abbr>
! style="width:50px;" | Total
|-
|[[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A321-200]]
|2
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|24
|&mdash;
|148
|172
|Transferred from merged [[Cathay Dragon]].<br />Never entered service with Cathay Pacific.<ref name="cxfleet"/>
|-
|[[Airbus A320neo family|Airbus A321neo]]
|9
|6
|&mdash;
|12
|&mdash;
|190
|202
|
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-300]]
|rowspan="5"|40
|rowspan="5"|&mdash;
|rowspan="5"|&mdash;
|39
|21
|191
|251
|rowspan="3"|
|-
|39
|rowspan="4"|&mdash;
|223
|262
|-
|28
|265
|293
|-
|42
|265
|307
|rowspan="2"|Equipped with regional configuration.
|-
|24
|293
|317
|-
|[[Airbus A350-900]]
|28
|2<ref name="Cathay appears to switch more A350-1000s to -900s">{{cite web |last1=Kaminski-Morrow |first1=David |title=Cathay appears to switch more A350-1000s to -900s |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/cathay-appears-to-switch-more-a350-1000s-to-900s/139732.article |website=FlightGlobal |accessdate=12 August 2020 |language=en |quote=But Cathay's first-half financial results state that the airline has outstanding orders for six of each variant, indicating a conversion of two -1000s to -900s.}}</ref>
|&mdash;
|38
|28
|214
|280<ref>{{cite web |title=Airbus A350-900 features and seating plan |url=https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_US/travel-information/flying-with-us/aircraft-and-fleet/airbus-a350/900.html? |website=Cathay Pacific Airways |accessdate=14 September 2019}}</ref>
|Originally ordered 22.<ref name="CX_orderA350">{{cite press release|url=https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2016/05/cathay-pacific-airways-becomes-new-operator-of-the-a350-xwb.html|title=Cathay Pacific Airways becomes new operator of the A350 XWB|website=Airbus|date=30 May 2016}}</ref><br/>8 orders converted from [[Airbus A350-1000]].
|-
|[[Airbus A350-1000]]
|18
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|46
|32
|256
|334<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_AU/travel-information/flying-with-us/aircraft-and-fleet/airbus-a350/1000.html|title=Airbus A350-1000 features and seating plan|publisher=Cathay Pacific|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
|Originally ordered 26.<ref name="CX_orderA350"/><br/>8 orders converted to [[Airbus A350-900]].
|-
|[[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-300]]
|17
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|42
|&mdash;
|396
|438
|Launch customer.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Boeing 777-300ER]]
|rowspan="2"|39
|rowspan="2"|&mdash;
|6
|53
|34
|201
|294
|rowspan="2"|
|-
|&mdash;
|40
|32
|296
|368
|-
|[[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-9]]
|&mdash;
|21
| colspan="5" |<abbr title="To Be Announced">TBA</abbr>
|Deliveries deferred to 2025 or later.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://simpleflying.com/cathay-pacific-777x-order-delay/|title=Cathay Pacific Delays Boeing 777X Deliveries To Beyond 2025|publisher=Simple Flying|date=21 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
!colspan=11|Cathay Pacific Cargo fleet
|-
|[[Boeing 747-400|Boeing 747-400ERF]]
|6
|&mdash;
| colspan="5" |<abbr title="No seats, cargo configuration">Cargo</abbr>
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747-8|Boeing 747-8F]]
|14
|&mdash;
| colspan="5" |<abbr title="No seats, cargo configuration">Cargo</abbr>
|
|-
!Total
!173
!29
! colspan="5" |
!
|}
Since its inception in 1946, the Cathay Pacific fleet has operated many types of aircraft. The first aircraft was a World War II surplus Douglas DC-3, named ''Betsy.'' the first aircraft for Cathay Pacific, is now a permanent exhibit in the [[Hong Kong Science Museum]].
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center"
|+ Cathay Pacific retired fleet<ref name=cxfleet>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Cathay%20Pacific.htm|title=Cathay Pacific fleet|work=airfleets.net|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=96PastDest>{{cite web|title=The Cathay Pacific Fleet|url=http://cathaypacific.com/our_company/fleet_e.html|publisher=Cathay Pacific|date=October 1996|accessdate=23 July 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970204081042/http://cathaypacific.com/our_company/fleet_e.html|archivedate=4 February 1997|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>馮志亮, 劉伯智, 胡淑芬, 王百賦, 劉俊輝, 龐德礎, 江桐林, ''翹首振翅：香港機師手記'' (Hong Kong: ET Press, 2004), pp. 188–189.</ref><ref>Danny C.Y. Chan, ''Hong Kong Aircraft Handbook'' (Hong Kong: Northcord Transport, 1996).</ref><ref>Gavin Young, ''Beyond Lion Rock: The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways'' (London: Hutchinson, 1988).</ref>
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!Aircraft
!Total
!Introduced
!Retired
!Notes
|-
|[[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320-200]]
|1
|rowspan="2"|2021
|rowspan="2"|2022
|rowspan="2"|Former [[Cathay Dragon]] fleet.<br>Never wore Cathay Pacific livery.
|-
|[[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A321-200]]
|3
|-
|[[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-200]]
|4
|1994
|1996
|Leased from [[Airbus|AFS]] before delivery of the A340-300.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cathay maintains order was timely|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/55002/cathay-maintains-order-was-timely|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=9 December 1993}}</ref>
|-
|[[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-300]]
|15
|1996
|2017
|
|-
|[[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-600]]
|3
|2002
|2009
|
|-
|[[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-320C]]
|11
|1971
|1983
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200B]]
|9
|1979
|1999
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200F]]
|3
|1981
|2008
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200SF]]
|4
|1992
|2009
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-300]]
|6
|1985
|1999
|Sold to [[Pakistan International Airlines]]
|-
|[[Boeing 747-400]]
|26
|1989
|2016
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747-400|Boeing 747-400BCF]]
|14
|2005
|2019
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747-400|Boeing 747-400F]]
|6
|1994
|2016
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-200]]
|4
|rowspan="2"|1996
|rowspan="2"|2019
|
|-
|1
|The prototype, B-HNL, was donated to [[Pima Air and Space Museum]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Convair 880]]
|7
|rowspan="2"|1962
|1975
|First jet aircraft type operated by the airline.
|-
|1
|1972
|Crashed as [[Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z bombing|flight CX700Z]]
|-
|[[Douglas DC-3]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1946
|1961
|First aircraft used by the airline.<br>Aircraft that operated the airline's inaugural flight was donated to the [[Hong Kong Science Museum]].
|-
|[[Douglas DC-4]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1949
|1963
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-6B]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1958
|1962
|
|-
|[[Lockheed L-188 Electra]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1959
|1967
|
|-
|[[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]]
|19
|1975
|1996
|
|-
|}

== Accidents and incidents ==
Cathay Pacific had ten incidents and accidents over its history, although none have resulted in a [[hull loss]] or loss of life since 1972. Cathay Pacific is generally regarded to have a good safety reputation and has been rated as one of the world's safest airlines.
* On 16 July 1948, ''[[Miss Macao]]'', a Cathay Pacific-subsidiary-operated [[PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina]] (VR-HDT) from [[Macau]] to Hong Kong was [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacked]] by four men, who killed the pilot after take-off. The aircraft crashed in the [[Pearl River Delta]] near [[Zhuhai]]. Twenty-six people died, leaving only one survivor, a hijacker. This was the first hijacking of a commercial [[airliner]] in the world.<ref name="PBY">{{cite web|title=Hijacking description – Cosnsolidated PBY-5A Catalina VR-HDT|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480717-0|access-date=2 July 2009|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
* On 24 February 1949, a Cathay Pacific [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] (registered VR-HDG) from [[Manila]] to Hong Kong, crashed near Braemar Reservoir after a go-around in poor weather. All 23 people on board died.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accident description – Douglas C-47A-90-DL VR-HDG|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19490224-0|access-date=2 July 2009|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
* On 13 September 1949, a Cathay Pacific Douglas C-47 Skytrain (registered VR-HDW) departing from Anisakan, Burma, crashed on take-off when the right-hand main gear leg collapsed. There were no reported fatalities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accident description – Douglas C-47A-30-DK VR-HDW|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19490913-0|access-date=11 October 2011|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
* On 23 July 1954, a Cathay Pacific [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] (registered VR-HEU) from [[Bangkok]] to Hong Kong [[1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown|was shot down]] by aircraft of the [[People's Liberation Army Air Force]] in the [[South China Sea]] near [[Hainan Island]]. Ten people died, leaving nine survivors. After the incident, Cathay Pacific received an apology and compensation from the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It was apparently mistaken for a Nationalist Chinese military aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Accident description – Douglas C-54A-10-DC VR-HEU|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19540723-0|access-date=16 January 2022|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
* On 5 November 1967, Cathay Pacific Flight 033, operated by a [[Convair 880]] (registered VR-HFX) from Hong Kong to [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]], overran the runway at [[Kai Tak Airport]]. One person was killed and the aircraft was written off.<ref>{{cite web|title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-880-22M-3 VR-HFX Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG)|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19671105-0|access-date=7 March 2015|website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
* On 15 June 1972, [[Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z]], operated by a Convair 880 (registered VR-HFZ) from Bangkok to Hong Kong, disintegrated and crashed while the aircraft was flying at {{convert|29000|ft|m}} over [[Pleiku]], Vietnam after a bomb exploded in a suitcase placed under a seat in the cabin, killing all 81 people on board.<ref>{{cite web|title=Criminal Occurrence description – Convair CV-880-22M-21 VR-HFZ|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720615-1|access-date=2 July 2009|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> This remains the last Cathay Pacific incident to involve a total hull-loss and passenger fatalities.
* On April 13 2010, [[Cathay Pacific Flight 780]], operated by an [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-342]] (registered B-HLL) from [[Surabaya]] [[Juanda International Airport]] to Hong Kong, landed safely after both engines failed due to contaminated fuel. 57 passengers were injured in the ensuing slide evacuation. Its two pilots received the [[Polaris Award]] from the [[International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations]] for their heroism and airmanship.<ref>{{cite news|date=20 April 2014|title=Pilots reveal death-defying ordeal as engines failed on approach to Chek Lap Kok|newspaper=South China Morning Post|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1491534/pilots-reveal-death-defying-ordeal-engines-failed-approach|access-date=21 April 2014}}</ref>
* On 15 August 2018, Cathay Pacific Flight 292, operated by a [[Boeing 777|Boeing 777-300ER]] (registered B-KPY) suffered serious damage to the edge of its right wing after colliding with a floodlight pole in [[Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport|Rome–Fiumicino Airport]] during pushback. No injuries were reported.

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