| Postpones
planned launch of a 3x-weekly service to Moscow, Manchester
Cathay
Pacific has postponed its planned launch of a three-times-weekly
service to Moscow, onward to Manchester.
The
Hong Kong-based airline announced in December 2005 that,
subject to final government approval, flights would
commence on 27 March 2006. However the airline is still
awaiting the completion of regulatory formalities regarding
Manchester, which is taking longer than originally anticipated.
Cathay
Pacific stressed that it is continuing to work hard
with its partners to resolve these issues and hopes
to launch the service later in the year.
Cathay
Pacific commenced a codeshare service from Hong Kong
to Moscow, operated by Aeroflot – Russian Airlines,
on 2 June 2004. The planned Cathay Pacific-operated
service to Moscow and Manchester is also designed to
be a codeshare service with partner Aeroflot.
Any
passenger who made a confirmed booking to Manchester
will be offered an alternative routing through London
Heathrow. Passengers booked to Moscow will be able to
travel on the airline's existing codeshare service operated
by Aeroflot.
Cathay Pacific serves “Best
Chinese Food In The Air” from top Hong Kong Restaurants
Cathay
Pacific Airways has teamed up with Hong Kong’s
top Chinese restaurants in its biggest ever promotion
to serve the “Best Chinese Food in the Air”
to passengers on all flights departing Hong Kong from
1 March through 31 December 2006.
About
100 special dishes will be offered inflight as the airline
celebrates 60 years of serving Hong Kong – and
being named “Airline of the Year 2006”.
Cathay
Pacific usually collaborates with one restaurant group
for this unique annual event. To mark this special year
it is joined by eight partners including:
*
Celestial Court Chinese Restaurant, Sheraton Hong Kong
Hotel & Towers
* Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant
* Lei Garden Restaurant
* One Harbour Road, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
* Peking Garden Restaurant
* T’ang Court, Langham Hotel Hong Kong
* Yung Kee Restaurant, and
* Cathay Pacific Catering Services
Each
restaurant will feature some of its signature dishes,
including Deluxe Seafood Dumpling, Sauteed Wild Mushrooms
and Shrimps in XO Sauce, Pan-fried Prawns with Spring
Onion in Carrot Sauce and Braised Seabass with Preserved
Gooseberry.
During
the first three days of the promotion from 1 to 3 March,
and to mark the airline’s 60th Anniversary year,
First and Business Class passengers on all flights and
Economy Class passengers on long-haul routes will also
be treated to a traditional Chinese-style hot birthday
bun. The sweet will be served throughout September,
the airline’s birthday month, as well.
Cathay
Pacific Director Service Delivery Quince Chong said:
“In Chinese culture, turning 60 is celebrated
by throwing a banquet for family and friends. With this
year’s ‘Best Chinese Food in the Air’
promotion we are celebrating our 60th Anniversary by
offering a superb choice from the menus of the city’s
finest Chinese restaurants. As the Airline of the Year
it is another way we can express our commitment to offer
the very best service and dining to all our passengers.”
Cathay
Pacific screening 50 movies, 100 TV shows on Studiocx
Cathay
Pacific Airways’ premium passengers are now enjoying
a much wider selection of inflight viewing with up to
50 movies and more than 100 TV shows available on demand.
The
expanded choice – almost 50 percent extra –
for First and Business Class passengers is introduced
this month, and follows the launch of the new StudioCX
user interface in November last year. Chinese-language
subtitles have also been added to more of the most popular
programmes to make them accessible to a wider range
of passengers.
Cathay
Pacific’s often premieres new releases before
they are screened in Hong Kong theatres. Right now,
the only way anyone in Hong Kong can enjoy Oscar-nominated
Walk the Line and Pride & Prejudice is on StudioCX
on long-haul services from Hong Kong.
The
inflight entertainment upgrade includes a number of
additions and enhancements, including the introduction
of a new movie category, “CX Choice”, which
brings together award winning, critically acclaimed
movies within retrospectives or other themes.
For
February, in anticipation of the 2006 Oscars in early
March, CX Choice will be highlighting 10 “must
see” movies from the past decade under the theme
of “Almost Oscars” – films that were
good enough to win a Best Picture award but didn’t
quite make it. Among the cult favourites on offer are
Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo and The Usual
Suspects.
A
new TV category, “CX Hooked”, showcases
some of the hottest, most talked about comedy, drama
and reality TV shows. In the launch month there will
be five consecutive episodes each of addictive series
such as Donald Trump’s The Apprentice (an airline
exclusive for CX), 24 and Lost.
The
First and Business Class Entertainment Guide has also
undergone a complete facelift. The aim is to create
something that is less a traditional entertainment guide
and more an attention-grabbing entertainment magazine.
Editorial content has also been expanded, with a number
of new sections, special sidebars and a variety of “fast
facts” to spice up content.
Cathay
Pacific Director Service Delivery Quince Chong said:
“Inflight entertainment is an integral part our
premium-class offering. Our latest improvements, with
greatly enhanced viewing choice and some smart new features,
is something that Cathay Pacific’s customers have
come to expect from the airline of the year”.
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