It is fitting that the cargo capacity leader, the Boeing 747-400 freighter, is the key to Cathay Pacific`s cargo operation.” The longer range of the B747-400 Freighter will enable Cathay Pacific ...

(Reuters) — Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways said on Friday it has placed a firm order to purchase six Airbus A350 freighters with a list price of $2.71 billion, as it replaces its ageing ...

The airline has a diverse fleet and dynamic network infrastructure The Cathay Pacific cargo fleet consists of two different kinds of Boeing 747 aircraft, including Boeing 747-400F and Boeing 747 ...

EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has delivered a 747-8 Freighter to Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, making it the second freight operator worldwide to take ...

Both 747-8 Freighters will be operated by Atlas Air, Inc. and will fly on behalf of Cathay Pacific Cargo through aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance agreements. The new 747-8F service is ...

Cathay Pacific Airways will be the launch ... Boeing to oversee the conversion of at least six of its 747-400 passenger jets into cargo carriers. It’s part of Cathay’s plan to greatly expand ...

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd <0293.HK>, the ... Asia-to-Europe traffic had forced the airline to park two older 747-400BC cargo aircraft earlier this year. Partly helped by the company's strategy ...

SEATTLE — Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has ordered 10 of Boeing Co.’s new 747-8 cargo planes and seven long-range 777 passenger jets, the companies said Thursday. Terms of the deal ...

But Cathay Pacific is a combination carrier with a fleet of 20 Boeing 747 freighters at its disposal and likely didn't feel the urgency of pure passenger airlines to increase cargo capacity.

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK), opens new ... as it replaces its ageing Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 747 cargo jets. Cathay, which has six older model 747-400ERFs ...

Cathay Pacific is set to take off with its first Boeing Co. 747-8 freighter today. The cargo plane will depart from Everett’s Paine Field at 1:10 p.m. and is headed for Hong Kong, according to ...