After 37 years, Cathay Pacific calls time on the 747
Cathay Pacific is retiring its Boeing 747 passenger fleet after 37 years. The final 747 flight to Tokyo is scheduled for Oct 1. The original double decker jet was vital to Cathay’s development into a major global carrier. The airline received its first jumbo jet in 1979 when it was still a small regional carrier flying to a handful of Asian destinations and Australia. After Oct 1, Cathay will continue to fly the jets in its cargo fleet, but it decided earlier not to adopt the new generation 747-8 for passengers. "It's simply just too big for us at the moment,” said Mark Hoey, Cathay’s GM for Operations. “People want more flights and flexibility, and they want to go direct everywhere. So we are using the 777 or the A350. They're smaller, but we are going everywhere direct.” <br/>
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After 37 years, Cathay Pacific calls time on the 747
Cathay Pacific is retiring its Boeing 747 passenger fleet after 37 years. The final 747 flight to Tokyo is scheduled for Oct 1. The original double decker jet was vital to Cathay’s development into a major global carrier. The airline received its first jumbo jet in 1979 when it was still a small regional carrier flying to a handful of Asian destinations and Australia. After Oct 1, Cathay will continue to fly the jets in its cargo fleet, but it decided earlier not to adopt the new generation 747-8 for passengers. "It's simply just too big for us at the moment,” said Mark Hoey, Cathay’s GM for Operations. “People want more flights and flexibility, and they want to go direct everywhere. So we are using the 777 or the A350. They're smaller, but we are going everywhere direct.” <br/>
