Cathay Group Celebrates Milestone 100th Destination
- Joe Breitfeller
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This month the Cathay Group will reach a major milestone as they extend their network to 100 destinations worldwide. To mark the occasion, on June 12th, the company held a celebratory cocktail reception at Island Shangri-La Hong Kong.
On Friday (June 13, 2025), Cathay Group announced the achievement of a major milestone as their network reaches 100 global passenger destinations this month. To mark the occasion, a celebratory cocktail reception was held at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The event was hosted by Cathay Group Chairman Patrick Healy and Chief Executive Officer Ronald Lam, and attended by guest of honour Secretary for Transport and Logistics of the Hong Kong SAR Government Mable Chan, JP, along with other distinguished guests.
Speaking at Thursday’s reception, Hong Kong’s Secretary of Logistics, Mable Chan, said,
“Today, we celebrate a very important milestone in Cathay’s long journey over the past years – 100 destinations, 100 routes covering the four corners of the world. This is no small accomplishment, and I would like to thank the collective efforts of the people in the Cathay Group as well as the people of Hong Kong, including in particular many of our colleagues in the Airport Authority Hong Kong and the government departments who have been actively and steadfastly helping and supporting the Cathay Group in growing its global network. I hope that our efforts will continue and we will work in continued partnership.
“As Cathay hits the magic 100, so too does Hong Kong International Airport and Hong Kong as an international aviation hub reach unprecedented heights. With the Three-Runway System already commissioned late last year, we have the enormous capacity to grow ourselves. This system has propelled the robust growth of Hong Kong International Airport in the areas of passenger traffic, cargo volume and flight movements.
“We have three players, three runways and one Hong Kong. So, the path of Cathay, Hong Kong International Airport and Hong Kong are intertwined. I am very confident that we will be scaling new heights for Hong Kong and for the Cathay Group as well.”
Also commenting at the reception, Cathay Group’s Chairman, Patrick Healy, said,
“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome you all to this celebration of the Cathay Group’s 100 passenger destinations across our two airlines, Cathay Pacific and HK Express. For almost 80 years, Cathay has been proudly connecting Hong Kong to the world by continuously expanding our global footprint. In the past two years alone, we have added 30 new passenger destinations, including 18 new destinations this year alone and still counting. That rate of network expansion is at an unprecedented level for Cathay, and that has allowed us to reach this milestone of 100 destinations ahead of schedule.
“And that’s not the only record we are breaking. Our current investment programme of over HK$100 billion across our entire offering of fleet, cabin products, lounges and digital services is also the most ambitious and largest in the company’s history. We have to continue to invest and it’s important that we take full advantage of the amazing new Three-Runway System we now have available to us at Hong Kong International Airport.
“All this reaffirms our determination to become one of the world’s greatest service brands, and demonstrate our wholehearted commitment to the Hong Kong international aviation hub, because that is what enables all of Hong Kong’s ‘eight centres’ to thrive.
“None of this would be possible without the outstanding support that we always receive from the Hong Kong SAR Government, and I’d like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to the Transport and Logistics Bureau, the Civil Aviation Department, and the Airport Authority Hong Kong.”
Cathay’s CEO, Ronald Lam added,
“My team and I have been looking forward to this very important milestone. We have been working really hard to rebuild the Cathay Group over the past few years. I still remember our lowest point in our history was one day in March 2022. On that day, as a Group, we carried 58 passengers in total; nowadays, we are carrying consistently more than 100,000 passengers on a daily basis. On that same day, we only served three destinations in the whole world, and today we are standing here celebrating that we will be serving 100 global destinations within this month. What a fantastic achievement by our team, our partners, as well as Hong Kong.”
Below is a list of the 18 destinations announced or launched by the Cathay Group in 2025:
During the peak summer 2025 season, Cathay Pacific and HK Express will operate passenger services to 23 Chinese Mainland destinations, providing over 300 weekly return flights. Additionally, Cathay Pacific will operate more than 110 weekly return flights to eight North American destinations, and close to 100 weekly returns to 12 European destinations. For winter 2025/26 Cathay Pacific will also return to Adelaide, and during the peak season, will operate nearly 90 weekly return flights to eight destinations in the Southwest Pacific.
Source: Cathay Pacific
