Cathay Pacific is the home airline of Hong Kong, founded in 1946 and headquartered at Cathay City on the grounds of Hong Kong International Airport. It is a founding member of the oneworld alliance and the main airline of the Cathay Group, which also includes the low-cost carrier HK Express and the cargo airline Air Hong Kong.
Its hub is Hong Kong International Airport (HKG). From Hong Kong it flies to about 80 passenger destinations in mainland China, North Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Africa and North America. Some flights continue beyond their first stop, such as services from Taipei to Japan. Together with HK Express, the group serves more than 100 passenger destinations.
The passenger fleet of about 160 aircraft is made up of Airbus A321neo, A330-300, A350-900 and A350-1000 jets and Boeing 777-300 and 777-300ER jets.