Cathay Dragon

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Cathay Dragon
國泰 港龍 航空
Cathay Dragon logo
Airbus A330-300 of the Cathay Dragon
IATA code : KA
ICAO code : HDA
Call sign : DRAGON
Founding: 1985 (as Hong Kong Dragon Airlines)
Seat: Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong
Home airport : Hong Kong International Airport
Company form: Limited
IATA prefix code : 043
Alliance : Oneworld Alliance
Frequent Flyer Program :
  • Asia Miles
  • The Marco Polo Club
Fleet size: 48 (+ 32 orders)
Aims: National and international
Website: www.dragonair.com

Cathay Dragon ( Chinese  國泰 港龍 航空  /  国泰 港龙 航空 ), formerly Dragonair ( 港龍 航空  /  港龙 航空 ), is a Chinese airline based in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and based at Hong Kong International Airport . It is a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific and thus a member of the airline alliance Oneworld Alliance .

history

Dragonair House, the seat of the Cathay Dragon

Cathay Dragon was founded in May 1985 on the initiative of KP Chao, now the airline's honorary president, under the name Hong Kong Dragon Airlines and started its services in July 1985 with a Boeing 737 from Hong Kong 's Kai Tak Airport to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia . In 1986 the airline was renamed Dragonair and got the licenses for flight operations in China and for a scheduled flight to Phuket . In 1987 the airline started charter flights in China, and in that year it became a member of IATA .

In January 1990, Cathay Pacific and the Swire Group acquired 35% of the shares in KP Chao and CITIC took 38%. In 1993 the first Airbus A320-200 was taken over, followed by several A330-300s . The purchase of 35.86% of the shares from the China National Avitation Corporation (CNAC) brought about a redistribution of power . It was thus the largest shareholder and later expanded its stake to 43.29%.

On June 9, 2006, Cathay Pacific took over all shares in Dragonair for the equivalent of 1.06 billion US dollars . Accordingly, Dragonair kept its name for the next six years. This deal helped Cathay Pacific to expand its route network in China.

On 1 November 2007. Dragonair was the parent company of Cathay Pacific member of the airline alliance Oneworld Alliance .

At the beginning of 2016 it was decided to change the name from Dragonair to Cathay Dragon in order to demonstrate the proximity to the parent company Cathay Pacific. The aircraft paintings will be adapted to the new brand identity from April 2016.

Destinations

Cathay Dragon operates a network of flights throughout Asia, with a focus on the People's Republic of China .

fleet

A Boeing 737-200 in original Dragonair colors.

As of March 2020, the Cathay Dragon fleet consists of 48 aircraft with an average age of 15.8 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks Seats
( First / Business / Eco )
Airbus A320-200 14th five inactive; intended by Airbus A321neo be replaced 164 (- / 8/156)
Airbus A321-200 8th are to be replaced by A321neo 172 (- / 24/148)
Airbus A321neo 32 ordered through Cathay Pacific - open -
Airbus A330-300 26th two inactive 280 (8/42/230)
307 (- / 42/265)
317 (- / 24/293 )
total 48 32

See also

Web links

Commons : Dragonair  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. aktiencheck.de - Cathay Pacific takes over Dragonair in full, accessed on June 9, 2006
  2. Cathay Dragon. In: Cathay Pacific. Retrieved March 15, 2016 .
  3. dragonair.com - The Network (English), accessed on November 21, 2015
  4. Cathay Dragon Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
  5. Sebastian Steinke / Ulrike Ebner: Civil aircraft orders in 2017.flugrevue.de, September 13, 2017, accessed on September 13, 2017 .
  6. dragonair.com - Aircraft and fleet ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on November 21, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dragonair.com