Responding to customer demand, two of Cathay Pacific’s routes between the UK and Hong Kong will this week see a boost in frequency.
Gatwick will move to a daily service, while Manchester increases to five flights per week.
Cathay Pacific’s Manchester service will also join Gatwick in becoming an Airbus A350-900 operation.
Both routes have previously operated four flights per week.
Moving to a daily operation from June 1st, this boost in frequency highlights the popularity of Cathay Pacific’s Gatwick route since its launch last September.
Featuring the Airbus A350-900, Cathay Pacific is the only airline to provide a non-stop service connecting Gatwick and Hong Kong.
Together with the airline’s services from Heathrow, Cathay Pacific will now operate six daily non-stop flights between Hong Kong and London – more than any other carrier.
Cathay Pacific’s Manchester route, which launched in December 2014, will add one additional flight per week to Hong Kong, increasing the operation to a five-times-weekly service from June 2nd.
The schedule will then move to a daily service from December.
From June the A350 will replace the Boeing 777-300ER on all flights to Manchester, making it Cathay Pacific’s second route in the UK, after Gatwick, to receive the technologically-advanced aircraft.
Paul Cruttenden, Cathay Pacific marketing and digital sales manager in the UK, said: “We are delighted to be increasing our schedule from Gatwick and Manchester to Hong Kong.
“The additional frequencies coupled with the introduction of the ultra-efficient A350 on our Manchester route, underline the deep-rooted commitment we have to providing both business and leisure passengers with increased convenience and superior in-flight products.
“These enhancements will give travellers even more reasons to choose Cathay Pacific.
“The UK is a very important market for us, one which we have served for over 35 years.”
