Cathay Pacific has announced a number of new flight routes and will increase flight capacity for this summer.
During the summer, Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong’s budget airline HK Express will jointly operate over 290 weekly round-trip flights between Hong Kong and the mainland, covering cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi’an, Xiamen, and Zhengzhou, to cater to the summer travel boom.
Starting April 28, Cathay Pacific will operate four weekly round-trip flights between Hong Kong and Urumqi. With this addition, Cathay Group’s passenger destinations on the Chinese mainland would reach 20.
The launch of the Urumqi route aims to connect Hong Kong with a key hub in northwest China for the “Belt and Road” initiative, offering more route and flight options for travelers between China and the world, according to Cathay Pacific.
Cathay Pacific also plans to launch direct flights from Hong Kong to Hyderabad in March, Dallas in April, Rome and Munich in June, and Brussels in August.