Cathay Pacific to increase Milan flights to daily, capacity boost on other routes
Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Tony Tyler said: “Demand to and from Milan has been very encouraging since we launched the route in March last year and we are pleased to be able to strengthen the service and offer more choice to our passengers. We are also taking the opportunity to add capacity on a number of other routes that will further boost connectivity through Hong Kong, one of the world’s leading international aviation hubs.”
From 27 March, the airline will add three extra flights to Paris making a twice daily service to the French capital. The additional flights will operate via Amsterdam. Surabaya will become a daily service with the addition of one more flight a week. Three additional flights to Jakarta will also be added effective 15 August.
Services to and from Malaysia will also be enhanced with three Penang flights that currently go via Kuala Lumpur becoming direct flights from 27 March. In addition, the airline will employ larger aircraft on the Bangkok-Delhi services from Hong Kong.
Full details of the flight enhancements are as below:
MILAN (MXP)
- Four-times-weekly service increased to daily flights effective 1 July 2011
| Flight no. | From | To | Departure / Arrival | Days of operation |
| CX233 | HKG | MXP | 0100 / 0750 | Daily |
| CX234 | MXP | HKG | 1325 / 0700+1 | Daily |
PARIS (PAR)
- Three more flights to be added, making a total of 14 flights per week effective 27 March 2011
| Flight no. | From | To | Departure / Arrival | Days of operation |
| CX261 | HKG | PAR | 2345/0630+1 | Daily |
| CX279 | HKG | PAR | 1425/2135 | Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun |
| CX271 | HKG | PAR | 0015/1000 | Tue, Thu, Sat (via AMS) |
| CX260 | PAR | HKG | 1350/0720+1 | Daily |
| CX278 | PAR | HKG | 2305/1710+1 | Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun |
| CX270 | PAR | HKG | 1145/0705+1 | Tue, Thu, Sat (via AMS) |
JAKARTA (CGK)
- Three flights to be added, making it a thrice-daily service effective 15 August 2011
| Flight no. | From | To | Departure / Arrival | Days of operation |
| CX777 | HKG | CGK | 0920/1305 | Daily |
| CX719 | HKG | CGK | 1600/1940 | Daily |
| CX797 | HKG | CGK | 1905/2245 | Daily |
| CX798 | CGK | HKG | 0005/0550 | Daily |
| CX718 | CGK | HKG | 0820/1410 | Daily |
| CX776 | CGK | HKG | 1450/2030 | Daily |
Note: Flight numbers and timing are subject to final confirmation
SURABAYA (SUB)
-One more flight added, making it a daily service from 27 March 2011
| Flight no. | From | To | Departure/Arrival | Days of operation | ||
| CX781 | HKG | SUB | 1555/1935 | Daily |
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| CX780 | SUB | HKG | 0815/1400 | Daily |
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PENANG (PEN)
Three Penang flights that currently go via Kuala Lumpur will become direct flights effective 27 March 2011
| Flight no. | From | To | Departure/Arrival | Days of operation |
| CX693 | HKG | PEN | 1500/1835 | Daily |
| CX692 | PEN | HKG | 0745/1135 | Daily |
