Cathay Pacific’s new, long-range Airbus A350-1000 flies in to HK
Cathay Pacific Airways is looking to control its jet fuel costs with new long-range planes that can take passengers further while using 20% less fuel than its current Boeing 777 aircraft, as oil prices see-saw from geopolitical instability and trade war fears. On Wednesday, its latest purchase, the technologically advanced, long-haul Airbus A350-1000, landed in Hong Kong, decorated in the airline’s green and white livery, after a 12-hour journey from the planemaker’s headquarters in Toulouse, France. Hong Kong’s flag carrier is only the second airline to fly the long-range jet, after Qatar Airways. By 2021, it will have 20 of the A350’s larger twin-aisle, twin-engined planes in its fleet. This will add to the current 22 smaller A350-900s it has, with six more of the planes to be delivered over the next two years.<br/>
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Cathay Pacific’s new, long-range Airbus A350-1000 flies in to HK
Cathay Pacific Airways is looking to control its jet fuel costs with new long-range planes that can take passengers further while using 20% less fuel than its current Boeing 777 aircraft, as oil prices see-saw from geopolitical instability and trade war fears. On Wednesday, its latest purchase, the technologically advanced, long-haul Airbus A350-1000, landed in Hong Kong, decorated in the airline’s green and white livery, after a 12-hour journey from the planemaker’s headquarters in Toulouse, France. Hong Kong’s flag carrier is only the second airline to fly the long-range jet, after Qatar Airways. By 2021, it will have 20 of the A350’s larger twin-aisle, twin-engined planes in its fleet. This will add to the current 22 smaller A350-900s it has, with six more of the planes to be delivered over the next two years.<br/>
