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NEW YORK, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), New York's Hometown Airline(TM), and Cathay Pacific, the world renowned home carrier of Hong Kong, today announced they have entered into an interline agreement that will link each other's networks and bring new flight options to travellers between Asia Pacific and the Americas. Through the arrangement, effective later this summer, JetBlue and Cathay Pacific plan to offer the ease of single-ticket travel and...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SriLankan Airlines will join oneworld®, adding one of Asia's fastest growing airlines to the world's leading quality airline alliance. Its election as a oneworld member designate was announced as the Chief Executives of the alliance's member airlines gathered for a meeting of the group's Board at IATA's 2012 World Air Transport Summit. SriLankan is expected to be implemented into oneworld late next year, flying alongside some of the...

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR), a leading provider of integrated travel and expense management services, announced today that it has partnered with Abacus International, a leading provider of travel solutions and services across Asia. This partnership enables Concur to offer corporate clients doing business in the Asia-Pacific region access to a broad array of travel content, including the hundreds of travel suppliers like airlines, hotels, and car...

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines and its oneworld® alliance partner, Cathay Pacific, have expanded their codeshare relationship to include Cathay Pacific's new daily service between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Hong Kong International Airport, as well as Cathay's existing daily service between Hong Kong and Ho Chi Minh City. The new Ho Chi Minh City codeshare gives American a stronger presence in Southeast Asia. These flights will be...

SINGAPORE, June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Malaysia Airlines is to join oneworld®, adding one of aviation's most frequent award winners to the world's leading quality airline alliance. Malaysia Airlines was unanimously elected a oneworld member designate by the Chief Executives of the alliance's member airlines, at a meeting on the sidelines of IATA's 2011 World Air Transport Summit, which opens in Singapore today. A formal alliance membership agreement will be completed soon. Malaysia...

HONG KONG, Dec.2, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The foremost agricultural trade fair in Hong Kong, AgriPro Asia Expo (APA) 2010 is set to be opened in a month. The show will be held in Hall 5G of the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on 13 - 15 December 2010. APA has attracted suppliers representing Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan and USA etc. Overseas groups from Indonesia, Japan &...

BEIJING, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (NYSE: VIT) ("VanceInfo") an IT service provider and one of the leading offshore software development companies in China, today announced it has entered into an agreement to establish an offshore development capability in Shenzhen, China for Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. ("Cathay Pacific"), one of the world's most successful airlines. The offshore development capability will be used to provide a variety of IT services...

LAKE FOREST, Calif., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Cathay Pacific Airways and Panasonic Avionics Corporation today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the provision of full broadband connectivity on all Cathay Pacific and Dragonair passenger aircraft. While final terms are still being negotiated, the MOU allows the parties to immediately begin developing the plan to provide connectivity for passengers together with promotional, sponsorship and e-commerce opportunities...

Dragonair, a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways, has launched a new scheduled service to Hanoi, Vietnam. According to the airline, the new route launch is a milestone in its development as it marks the first time for the airline to operate scheduled services to and from Vietnam. Peter Sanderson, general manager of operations at Dragonair, said: "We believe our new service will further strengthen business and tourism ties between our home city, Hong Kong, and this vibrant country with its...

Cathay Pacific Airways and its subsidiary Dragonair have carried a total of 2.13 million passengers in August 2008, an increase of 0.5% over August 2007. In August 2008, the load factor was down 4.7 percentage points to 78.4%, while capacity, measured in available seat kilometers increased 14%, compared to August 2007. For the year to date, the number of passengers carried increased 11.3% to 16.9 million, compared to a capacity rise of 14.5%. The two airlines have carried 140,589 tons of...