Cathay Pacific - Makati City, Philippines

Cathay Pacific Airways is an international airline registered and based in Hong Kong, offering scheduled cargo and passenger services to more than 110 destinations around the world.

We are deeply committed to Hong Kong, where the Company was founded in 1946. We continue to make substantial investments to develop Hong Kong's aviation industry and enhance Hong Kong's position as a regional transportation hub. In addition to our fleet of aircraft, these investments include catering, aircraft maintenance and ground handling companies, as well as our corporate headquarters at Hong Kong International Airport.

Cathay Pacific and its subsidiaries and associates employ over 20,000 staff in Hong Kong. The airline's two major shareholders are both Hong Kong companies listed on the Hong Kong  

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Stock Exchange, as is Cathay Pacific itself.

Cathay Pacific is the major shareholder in AHK Air Hong Kong Limited, an all cargo carrier that offers scheduled services in the Asia region, and is a shareholder in Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited.

We are also a founding member of the oneworld global alliance whose combined network serves over 700 destinations worldwide.

Cathay Pacific’s vision is simple – to be the world’s best airline.

Being the best means we strive to excel in everything we do. This includes putting the safety and well-being of our people and customers first, contributing to the communities we fly to and continually improving our environmental performance.

Our commitment to excellence and our sense of responsibility is driven by the motto of the Swire Group, our principal shareholder: “Esse Quam Videri”, meaning “to be, rather than to seem to be”.

As an airline, we face many challenges.

We operate in a region that will see the biggest growth in our industry – which is great for our business, but also brings about increased impacts on the environment and communities. According to Boeing, it is anticipated that airline traffic (measured by revenue passenger kilometer - RPK) will increase by more than 5% from 2011 to 2030. In Asia Pacific alone, the long-range forecast for 2011 anticipates delivery of 11,450 new airplanes over the next 20 years, valued at more than $1.5 trillion.

Aviation is being increasingly brought under international limelight due to the industry’s reliance on fossil fuels, increasing regulations, external interest, consumer and investor needs and other risks and liabilities associated with our operations. Our people and customers expect us to be the best in everything we do; they increasingly look at how we operate as a business. And so do we.