Cathay Pacific to fly across Atlantic for first time

June 10, 2010

Cathay Pacific Airways said it will operate over a trans-Atlantic route for the first time in its history as part of its inaugural round-the-world freighter service, which launches July 9.

Hong Kong-based Cathay said the flight will link Hong Kong with Anchorage, Alaska; Chicago, Ill.; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before returning to Hong Kong. The Chicago-Amsterdam leg marks the first time the carrier has flown over the Atlantic.

The flight will operate twice weekly, on Fridays and Sundays, and will use a Boeing 747-400 freighter.

The round-the-world flight expands Cathay's service to Chicago, which it currently serves with eight weekly flights.

The round-the-world flight will take about 44.5 hours to operate, including the ground time spent loading freight, Cathay said.

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Mark Solomon joined DC VELOCITY as senior editor in August 2008, and was promoted to his current position on January 1, 2015. He has spent more than 30 years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain management fields as a journalist and public relations professional. From 1989 to 1994, he worked in Washington as a reporter for the Journal of Commerce, covering the aviation and trucking industries, the Department of Transportation, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, he worked for Traffic World for seven years in a similar role. From 1994 to 2008, Mr. Solomon ran Media-Based Solutions, a public relations firm based in Atlanta. He graduated in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism from The American University in Washington, D.C.

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