Cathay is looking with a large A350, the growthThe airline of Hong Kong has taken its first Airbus A350-1000. With the large long-haul aircraft wants to accelerate Cathay Pacific Expansion. Expansion for Cathay Pacific back to the top of the to-do list. In the last two years, the airline has opened around a dozen new routes: Gatwick and Tel Aviv were added, among others, Barcelona, Brussels, Christchurch, Dublin, Copenhagen, London-new. "It was only thanks to the Airbus A350,"says Commercial Director Paul Loo. With the new objectives, you can appeal to new customers, explained the Manager, the logic behind the quick Expansion of the route network. 22 A350-900 has the airline from Hong Kong, four more she gets. And since Tuesday (19. June) is also part of the A350-1000 to the fleet. 54 more passengers than the A350-900Cathay took over in Toulouse, the first copy of the larger version of the latest long aircraft range from the Airbus. It is, therefore, to Qatar Airways, the second airline, which has the great flyer. "We have so much," says Loo. The A350-1000 will enable it to open up completely new routes, efficient. As the first Washington, D.C., comes from the middle of December. "We opened this years eight new routes," says Loo, "maybe we'll break in the end of the year, this record." The Airbus A350-1000 will not use Cathay but only on new routes. Also particularly wide, or high-demand routes are operated with the pilot who holds at Cathay Pacific 334 passengers in three classes – 54 more than the A350-900. Also, flights to Amsterdam, Madrid, Tel Aviv and Zurich are to be converted in the coming months on the big flyer. You can see in the above image gallery images of the first Airbus A350-1000 by Cathay Pacific. |