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Cathay Pacific returns to SEA after 6 years

03/30/26

It’s nice when things that have fallen apart fall back into place. Until today, all but one of the international carriers that stopped flying out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) during the COVID-19 pandemic have resumed service. The one hold-out: Cathay Pacific. The Hong Kong-based carrier began flying between Seattle and Hong Kong on March →

Airlines

Celebrating route launches to London, Paris, Hong Kong and other cool places

04/01/19

On Sunday, airlines and airports celebrated the launch of a cluster of new routes around the country. →

Inaugural flights

Chill out with Cathay Pacific’s yoga/meditation space at Hong Kong Airport

01/29/19

Cathay Pacific has opened a yoga and meditation space in The Pier Business Class Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport. →

Huge typo on Cathay Pacific plane

09/19/18

Check out the giant typo on this Cathay Pacific plane. →

Flight deal: 75% off 1st class to Hong Kong

11/18/15

Cathay Pacific has had fare sales, but they’ve never had a First Class fare sale. But they’re having one today and this one is a doozy. The airline has teamed up with GILT to offer a trip voucher that is 75 percent off the first class round-trip fare to Hong Kong from a variety of →

Deals

iBeacons in Cathay Pacific’s SFO lounge

06/29/15

Curious about what iBeacons – those small Bluetooth transmitters that can ping you with information when your phone comes into range – can do for you at an airport? At SFO Airport, Cathay Pacific and Lounge Buddy are using the technology to give guests using the airline’s Business and First Class lounge some bonus features →

Airline, airport monitor unique Chinese passenger

06/02/13

SFO Airport, Cathay Pacific and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco track the Lost Warrior on his journey home. →

Travel contests: because you can’t win if you don’t play

03/01/13

I’m a big believer in “you can’t win if you don’t play,” so here are a few contests to enter with great travel adventures as prizes: From now through March 8th, 2013 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is celebrating Scandinavian Airlines’ (SAS) new non-stop service to Copenhagen with a Facebook sweepstakes (and a strange little →

Contests

Travel contests: you can’t win if you don’t play

12/11/12

It’s true: you can’t win if you don’t play. So take a moment to throw your name in the hat for these contests. You never know… Cathay Pacific Airways is hosting a Jingle All the Way … to Hong Kong luxury holiday sweepstakes. Grand prize: two Cathay Pacific round trip flights to Hong Kong in →

Contests

Greetings from Hong Kong International Airport

08/30/12

I was one of the lucky invited media guests on the August 28, 2012 Cathay Pacific delivery flight of a new Boeing 777-300ER from the Boeing factory to Hong Kong International Airport. (Here’s a link to a secret about the airplane that airline chief executive John Slosar pointed out during the trip.) The 12 hour →

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