Cathay Pacific is Asia’s second-largest international operator by flights. When its full passenger operation in October is considered, OAG data shows that it has an average of 170 daily departures from its

Hong Kong hub on a network spanning 77 destinations globally.

Between September 22 and 27, I will be in Hong Kong attending Routes World. This is the largest event organized by Routes. Thousands of network and development managers from airlines and airports will be there, along with many people from tourism bodies and other organizations.

Cathay Pacific’s 10 Longest Nonstop Flights In October

Most of the entries have such high block times to avoid Russian airspace. At up to 16h 40m, the oneworld member’s Dallas/Fort Worth service is its longest nonstop service. This began in April 2025, with Cathay now being one of nine foreign oneworld long-haul carriers at the airport in Texas. Its key partner American Airlines served Dallas-Hong Kong between 2014 and 2020.

With approximately 24,000 round-trip passengers, the local Hong Kong-Dallas market is small. However, with an average one-way fare of $1,824 across all passengers and classes of travel, reflecting the strong premium demand, it is high-yielding.

Cities served via Hong Kong are key. When all carriers are combined, core targeted markets include Ho Chi Minh City (56,000 passengers), Shanghai (44,000), Manila (36,000), Bangkok (27,000), Taipei (24,000), and Singapore (22,000). Many passengers will also connect to American flights in Dallas, with Houston (38,000), Orlando (19,000), Miami (19,000), and Atlanta (18,000) being important.

A Look At Cathay To Manchester

According to the UK Civil Aviation Authority, Cathay transported 124,013 passengers between Manchester and Hong Kong in 2024. As OAG indicates that it had 131,120 seats for sale, its load factor across the year was 94.6%. This was when the carrier served the Northwest England airport sub-daily, usually four or five times weekly.

The load factor was exceptionally high. As usual, this says nothing of yields. However, given the long route’s frequency has subsequently increased to daily, which was last available before the coronavirus pandemic, overall performance was evidently strong.

Booking data indicates that two in three passengers were local; they only flew between Manchester and Hong Kong. The remaining third of passengers connected to another flight in the Asian hub. Sydney was the most popular market, with the rest of the top five being Tokyo, Melbourne, Taipei, and Manila.

Despite Being 14h 45m, Vancouver Was Just Short…

Cathay currently has 15 to 16 weekly passenger flights to the capital of British Columbia in October, with the 777-300ER being exclusively used. The non-Aria-equipped 368-seat version, which will be retrofitted, is predominantly deployed, with nine weekly departures on it. This config is on CX814 (leaving Hong Kong at 10:45; three weekly) and CX810 (departing Asia at 15:55; six weekly).

The 361-seat frames, which have been reconfigured with the latest product, are also flown. These have 45 Aria Suites (1-2-1), 48 new premium economy seats (2-4-2; 38″), and 268 in economy (3-4-3; 31″). This layout is on CX888, which departs from Hong Kong at 00:45.

Based on IATA slot seasons, Cathay will switch to winter schedules on Sunday, October 26. Like Toronto, the carrier’s Vancouver flights will be reduced to two daily departures in the upcoming cold period. Compared to before COVID-19 really took hold in winter 2019/2020, Vancouver frequencies are the same, while available seats are up by 11%. In contrast, frequencies on all of Cathay’s North American routes are still down by 6%. Lower-gauge equipment means seats remain down by 13%.