Cathay Pacific

History Those Were the Days   American Roy C Farrell and Australian Sydney H de Kantzow founded Cathay Pacific Airways on 24 September, 1946. Initially based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline. Legend has it that Farrell and a group of foreign correspondents thought up the airline's unique name in the bar at the Manila Hotel! An Investment In the Future The new company began to operate passenger flights to Manila, Bangkok, Singapore and Shanghai. Expansion was fast and, in 1948, one of Hong Kong's leading trading companies, Butterfield & Swire (today known as the Swire Group) took a 45% share in the company. Under the leadership of John Kidston Swire, Butterfield & Swire became wholly responsible for the management of the airline. Taking the Jet Age By Storm The 1960s represented our coming of age. Between 1962 and 1967, business grew at an average rate of 20 percent a year. We also initiated international services (another world's first) to Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya in Japan. The One and Only "Betsy" "Betsy", a converted Douglas DC3, is fondly remembered as our first aircraft. Sold in 1955, "Betsy" was discovered, almost 30 years later flying cargo around the Australian outback. We bought the aircraft back, repainted her in the original 1940s livery and returned her to Hong Kong. Today, "Betsy" hangs suspended from the ceiling at the Hong Kong Science Museum. Hong Kong www.cathaypacific.com
Company Profile
Total confirmed aircraft orders: 91 to be delivered by 2019 Aircraft orders (to be delivered by 2015): 2 A350; 15 A330-300; 10 B777-300ER Contract recently ratified; pay raise varies from 3% up to 14.7% depending on rank and hours flown The maximum increase is 14.7 total including retirement and using flying pay on an 84 hour month Basic salary, as well as hourly flight pay were increased (seeking payscale -ed) Cathay Pacific says A350 "will form the backbone of Cathay Pacific's future midsize widebody fleet" 10 747-8 freighters on order; first two to be delivered in Jan 2011 Retirement age is 65 for all new-hires All new-hires hired to common seniority list and employed to fly all aircraft as of January 2008 Offering unpaid leave to flight crew and most other departments, introduced Euro salary scale for Europe-based pilots Mandatory retirement age is still 55 everywhere Cathay has pilots based in USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany and Australia Each of these country has its own payscale for both passenger and freighter fleets Check and trainer pilots receive 10% extra on top of salary 11 747-400ERFs on order; options for 6 more 3 A330s on firm order Pilots may take 15.5% retirement contribution as taxable cash salary Cathay covers 70% of international school fees for children, or 90% if they go to English Foundation School (a local and cheaper version of international school) Housing allowance for HKG-based pilots only This allowance may go to property purchased or rented in Hong Kong 2 types of allowances: (a) the cash housing allowance which is $14,000, $18,000 or 24,000 HKD (dependent on position and years of service, or the mortgage allowance, which is variable/fixed, currently at $5,800/mo. 15% tax rate in Hong Kong This page last updated: Apr 17, 2012 (pay info below payscale)
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747-8F:  5 747-400:  21 747-400ERF:  6 747-400F:  6 747-400BCF:  8 777-300ER:  26 777-300:  12 777-200:  5 A340-300:  11 A330-300:  33	Pax: LAX SFO Freighter: ANC LAX ORD JFK ATL

Major Airlines & Their Call Signs & Headquarters

Prefix Operator "Call signs" (Headquarter Location)

SWA Southwest Airlines Co. "Southwest" (Dallas, TX)
AAL American Airlines Inc. "American"
UAL United Air Lines Inc. "United"
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. "Delta"
COA Continental Air Lines Inc. "Continental"
NWA Northwest Airlines Inc. "Northwest"
FDX Federal Express Corporation "FedEx" (Memphis, TN)
BTA ExpressJet Airlines "Jetlink" (Houston, TX)
ACA Air Canada "Air Canada" (Canada)
SKW SkyWest Airlines "SkyWest" (St. George, UT)
USA US Airways
JBU JetBlue Airways "Jetblue"
UPS United Parcel Service, Inc. "UPS"
AWE America West Airlines "Cactus" (Tempe, AZ)
TRS Airtran Airways, Inc. "Citrus" Orlando, FL
ASA Alaska Airlines Inc. "Alaska"
EGF American Eagle, Inc. "Eagle Flight" (Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX)
BAW British Airways "Speedbird" (United Kingdom)
ASQ Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. "Acey" (Atlanta, GA)
FLG Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. D/B/A Northwest Airlink "Flagship"
WJA Westjet Airlines Ltd "Westjet" (Canada)
ASH Mesa Airlines "Air Shuttle" (Phoenix, AZ)
DLH Deutsche Lufthansa, A.g. "Lufthansa" (Germany)
CHQ Chautauqua Airlines "Chautauqua" (Indianapolis, IN)
AFR Air France "Airfrance" (France)
JZA Air Canada Regional Inc "Jazz" (Canada)
COM Comair, Inc. "Comair" (Cincinnati, OH)
QXE Horizon Airlines, Inc. "Horizon Air" (Seattle, WA)
FFT Frontier Airlines, Inc. "Frontier Flight" (Denver, CO)
ABX Airborne Express, Inc. "Abex" (Wilmington, OH)
USC US Check Airlines "Star Check"
NKS Spirit Airlines, Inc. "Spirit Wings" (Eastpointe, MI)
CJC Colgan Air "Colgan"
AMF Ameriflight, Inc. "Amflight" (Burbank, CA)
HAL Hawaiian Airlines "Hawaiian"
RPA Republic Airlines "Brickyard"
KAL Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. "Koreanair" (Republic Of Korea)
MES Mesaba Airlines D/B/A Northwest Airlink "Mesaba" (Eagan, MN)
KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines "KLM" (Netherlands)
EJA Netjets Aviation, Inc. "Execjet" (Columbus, OH)
AWI Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation "Air Wisconsin"
VIR Virgin Atlantic "Virgin" (United Kingdom)
MEP Midwest Airlines "Midex" (Milwaukee, WI)
TCF Shuttle America "Mercury"
DHL Astar Air Cargo "DHL"
CPA Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. "Cathay" (China)
LBQ Quest Diagnostics "Labquest"
LOF Trans States Airlines, Inc. "Waterski"
VRD Virgin America "Redwood" (Burlingame, CA)
CAL China Airlines (Taiwan)
AMX Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. "Aeromexico" (Mexico)
IBE Iberia - Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A. "Iberia" (Espana)
PDT Piedmont Airlines, Inc. D/B/A Henson Aviation/US Air Express "Piedmont"
SWR Swissair (societe Anonyme Suisse Pour La Navigation Aerienne) "Swissair" (Suisse)
JAL Japan Air Lines Company, Ltd. "Japanair" (Japan)
PEN Peninsula Airways, Inc. "Peninsula"
AZA Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane, S.p.a. "Alitalia" (Italie)
EVA Eva Airways Corporation "Eva"
TSC Air Transat "Transat" (Canada)
PCO Pacific Coastal Airline "Pasco" (Canada)
TCX Thomas Cook Airlines (UK)
MXA Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. "Mexicana" (Mexico)
CPZ Compass Airlines "Compass Rose" (Chantilly, VA)
EIN Aer Lingus Teoranta "Shamrock" (Ireland)
JIA PSA Airlines "Blue Streak" (Vandalia, OH)
MPH Martinair Holland N.V. "Martinair" (Netherlands)
JAZ Jalways Co., Ltd. "J-Ways"
FLX Flight Express "Flight Express"
GLA Great Lakes Aviation Ltd "Lakes Air"
FTA Frontier Flying Service, Inc. "Frontier-Air" (Fairbanks, AK)
CCI Capital Cargo International Airlines "Cappy" (Orlando, FL)
ANA All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. "All Nippon" (Japan)
OOM Zoom Airlines Inc. "Zoom" (Canada)
LTU Lufttransportunternehmen GMBH Co Kg, Dusseldorf) "LTU"
GWY Usa 3000 Airlines "Getaway"
CFG Condor Flugdienst GMBH "Condor" (Germany)
SCX MN Airlines D/B/A Sun Country Airlines, Inc. "Sun Country" (Minneapolis, MN)
SSX Frontier Airlines d/b/a Lynx Aviation "Shasta" (Denver, CO)
SAS Scandinavian Airlines System "Scandi" (Sweden)
MTN Mountain Air Cargo, Inc. "Mountain" (Denver, NC)
AIC Air India "Airindia" (India)
THT Air Tahiti Nui "Tahiti Airlines"
SNC Air Cargo Carriers Inc. "Night Cargo"
ERH Era Helicopters Inc. "Erah" (Anchorage, AK)
AUA Austrian Airlines (AUA) "Austrian" (Austria)
SIA Singapore Airlines Limited "Singapore" (Singapore)
CMI Continental Micronesia, Inc. "Air Mike"
FCA First Choice Airways "Jetset" (United Kingdom)
REX Ram Air Freight, Inc. "Ram Express"
ICE Icelandair "Iceair" (Iceland)
AJM Air Jamaica "Jamaica" (Jamaica)
SKQ Labcorp, Inc. "Skylab"
FIV Citationshares, LLC "Fivestar"
NRL Nolinor Aviation "Nolinor" (Canada)
BKA Bankair, Inc. "Bankair"
OPT Flight Options "Options" (Johnson City, NY)
AEA Air Europa "Europa" (Espana)
POE Porter Airlines "Porter Air" (Canada)
AAR Asiana Airlines "Asiana" (Republic Of Korea)
VTS Tatonduk Outfitters Ltd D/B/A Everts Air Alaska & Everts Air Cargo "Everts"
ELY El Al - Israel Airlines Ltd. "Elal" (Israel)
CRL Corse Air International "Corsair" (France)
SWG Sunwing Airlines Inc. "Sunwing" (Canada)
TAM TAM Airlines "Tam" (Brazil)
GJS GoJet Airlines "Lindbergh"
GLR Central Mountain Air Ltd "Glacier" (Canada)
CAV Calm Air "Calm Air" (Canada)
PAL Philippine Air Lines Inc. "Philippine"
LYM Key Lime Air "Key Lime"
WAE Western Air Express "Western Express"
TAP Transportes Aereos Portugueses, E.p. "Air Portugal" (Portugal)
TOM Thomsonfly "Tomson" (United Kingdom)
WIG Wiggins Airways (Norwood, MA)
JAI Jet Airways, M/s "Jet Airways"
TAI Taca International Airlines S.a. "Taca" (El Salvador)
WIS Pro Aire Cargo and Consulting "Wiscair" (Neenah, WI)
AAY Allegiant Air, Inc. "Allegiant"
CSJ Castle Aviation, Inc. "Castle" (Ravenna, OH)
PAC Polar Air Cargo, Inc. "Polar Tiger" (Long Beach, CA)
THU Thunder Airlines Ltd "Air Thunder" (Canada)
LOT Lot - Polskie Linie Lotnicze "Pollot" (Pologne)
SDM State Transport Company "Russia" (Russia)
RAX Royal Air Freight, Inc. "Air Royal" (Waterford, MI)
CNK Sunwest Home Aviation Ltd. "Chinook" (Canada)
SOO Southern Air Inc. "Southern Air"
LAN Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile (LAN) "Lan" (Chile)
SAA South African Airways "Springbok"
NAC Northern Air Cargo, Inc. "Northern Air Cargo" (Anchorage, AK)
BMA British Midland Airways Ltd. "Midland" (United Kingdom)
ETD Etihad Airways (United Arab Emirates)
DCS Daimler Chrysler Aviation GMBH, Stuttgart "Twin Star" (Germany)
NTA Northern Thunderbird Air Ltd. "Thunderbird" (Canada)
MRA Martinaire "Martex"
CJT Cargojet Airways Ltd. "Cargojet" (Canada)
AIP Alpine Aviation, Inc. "Alpine Air"
OAL Olympic Airways S.a. "Olympic" (Greece)
KFA Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter Ltd. "Flightcraft" (Canada)
ATN Air Transport International Llc "Air Transport"
CTA Aero Charter And Transport "Char-Tran"
BBR Santa Barbara Airlines, C.a. "Santa Barbara"
AEW AeroSvit Airlines "AeroSvit"
IWD Iberworld Airlines S.a. (Espana)
BRG Bering Air, Inc. "Bering Air"
MAL Morningstar Air Inc. "Morningstar" (Canada)
PRO Propair, Inc "Propair" (Canada)
CMP Compania Panamena de Aviacion, S.A. "Copa"
FWL Florida West International Airways, Inc. "Flo West"
RAM Royal Air Maroc - Compagnie Nationale de Transports Aeriens "Royalair Maroc" (Maroc)
RZO Sata Internacional "Air Azores" (Portugal)
GSM Flyglobespan "Globespan" (Scotland, UK)
CFS Empire Airways "Empire" (Missoula, MT)
WWI Worldwide Jet Charter "Worldwide"
FAB First Air (Bradley Scheduled) Ltd. (Canada)
FIN Finnair O/y "Finnair" (Finland)
MPD Air Comet "Red Comet" (Espana)
QFA Qantas Airways Limited "Qantas" (Australia)
CCA Air China "Air China" (China)
WAV Warbelows Air Ventures, Inc. "Warbelow"
TPA Transportes Aereos Mercantiles Panamericanos S.A., "tampa" "Tampa"
WSG Wasaya Airways Ltd "Wasaya" (Canada)
THY Turk Hava Yollari (Turkish Airlines Co.) "Turkair" (Turkey)
BWA Caribbena Airlines "Caribbean Airlines" (Trinidad And Tobago)
ANZ Air New Zealand Ltd. "New Zealand" (New Zealand)
ELJ Delta Air Elite Business Jets "Elite Jet"
AJT Amerijet International "Amerijet" (Ft.Lauderdale, FL)
NAO North American Airlines, Inc. "North American" (Jamaica, NY)
PGX Paragon Air Express, Inc. "Paragon Express"
UAE Emirates "Emirates"
EIA Evergreen International Airlines "Evergreen"
VAL Voyageur Airways Ltd. "Voyageur" (Canada)
CFE Cityflyer Express "Flyer"
JBA Helijat Airways "Helijet" (Canada)
VNR Avantair "Avantair" (Fairfield, New Jersey)
GEC Lufthansa Cargo Ag, "Lufthansa Cargo"
MON Monarch Airlines Ltd. "Monarch" (United Kingdom)
TTX Alliance Air Charter "Twister" (Argyle, TX)
JUS Usa Jet Airlines, Inc. "Jet USA" (Belleville, MI)
SKZ Skyway Enterprises, Inc. "Skyway-Inc" (Kissimmee, FL)
AAH Aloha Airlines "Aloha"
XLA Excel Airways (UK)
GGN Air Georgian "Georgian" (Canada)
NKT North Country Aviation, Inc. "North Country"
KAP Hyannis Air Service, Inc. D/B/A Cape Air "Cair"
CFA China Flying Dragon Aviation Co. "Feilong"
WDR Jetride "Windrider"
XSR Executive AirShare (Wichita, KS)
ACT Flight Line, Inc. "American Check"
CPT Corporate Air "Air Spur" (Billings, MT)
APC Airpac (Seattle, WA)
TUS Transportes Charter Turismo Ltda. "Turismo" (Brazil)
TFL Tronderfly Air Service AS "Tee-Fly"
NMI Pacific Wings "Tsunami"
PKW Pac West Airlines, Inc. "Platinum West" (Stockton, CA)
CON Continental Oil Co. "Conoco"
MKU Island Air Honolulu, Hi) "Moku"
CLE Colemill Enterprises "Colemill"
RYN Ryan Aviation Corporation D/B/A Ryan International Airlines "Ryan International"
HKI Wachovia Flight Operations D/B/A Hawkaire "Hawkeye"
SSV Skyservice F.b.o. Inc. "Skytour" (Canada)
MGE Aero-Micronesia, Inc. D/B/A Asia Pacific Airlines "Magellan"
KEE Keystone Air Services Ltd. "Keystone" (Canada)
SPA Sierra Pacific Airlines "Sierra Pacific" (North Hollywood, CA)
SLI Servicios Aereos Litoral, S.A. de C.V. "Costera"
WEW West Wind Aviation Inc. "Westwind" (Canada)
BVN Baron Aviation Services, Inc. "Show-Me"
CAY Cayman Airways Ltd. "Cayman"
BOS Bosal International Management N.v. "Bosal"
CKS Kalitta Air "Connie" (Ypsilanti, MI)
PAG Perimeter Aviation Ltd. "Perimeter" (Canada)
UCA Commutair (Plattsburgh, NY)
IVJ Flight International, Inc. "Invader Jack"
EEZ Eurofly S.p.a. "Siriofly" (Italie)
SWQ Interstate Equipment Leasing, Inc. D/B/A Swift Air "Swiftflight"
MUI Trans Air "Maui"
MDS Mcneely Charter Service, Inc. "Midsouth"
WML Chantilly Air, Inc. "Marlin"
GTI Atlas Air, Inc. "Giant" (Jamaica, NY)
BLS Bearskin Lake Air Service Limited "Bearskin" (Canada)
HPJ Hop-a-Jet "Hopa-Jet"
HTL Jet Linx Aviation Corp "Heartland" (Omaha, NE)"
SVA Saudi Arabian Airlines "Saudia" (Saudi Arabia)
MAH Malev - Hungarian Airlines "Malev" (Hungary)
GFT Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc. "Gulf Flight"
MPE Air Norterra Inc "Empress" (Canada)
UKZ Zoom Airlines (England) "FlyZoom"
FWK FlightWorks
MAS Malaysian Airlines System "Malaysian" (Malaysia)
SQC Singapore Airlines Cargo
AVA Avianca, Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, S.A. "Avianca"
TSU Contract Air Cargo, Inc. "Trans-Auto" (Waterford, MI)
CPB Corpac Canada Ltd "Penta" (Canada)
CFP Compania de Aviacion "faucett", S.A. "Charlie Foxtrot"
ARG Aerolineas Argentinas "Argentina" (Argentina)
PIA Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIA) "Pakistan" (Pakistan)
TSH Regional 1 Airlines Ltd. "Transcanada" (Canada)
QTR Qatar Airways Company "Qatari"
LNE LAN Ecuador (Ecuador) "Lan Ecuador"
BSK Miami Air International, Inc. "Biscayne" (Miami, FL)
OAE Omni Air Express, Inc. "Omni-Express" (Tulsa, OK)
HAG Hageland Aviation Services, Inc. "Hageland"
CGB Air Cargo Belize Limited "Cargo Belize"
THA Thai Airways International Ltd. "Thai" (Thailand)
MSR Egypt Air "Egyptair" (Egypt)
PLT South Carolina Aeronautics Commission "Palmetto"
SSH Heritage Flight, Lls "Snowshoe"
ADH Air One "Heron"
VPB Veteran Air "Veteran"
LCO Linea Aerea Del Cobre Ltda. "Ladeco"
CFJ Fujian Airlines "Fujian"
BOE Boeing Commercial Airplane Group "Boeing" (Seattle, WA)
FRG Freight Runners Express, Inc. "Freight Runners"
AER Alaska Central Express, Inc. "Ace Air"
AVI L'Avion (Paris, France)
CSA Czech Airlines J.s.c. "Csa-lines" (Czech Republic)
LPE LAN Peru
FRL Freedom Airlines, Inc. "Freedom Air"
AFL Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines "Aeroflot" (Russian Federation)
TEC Tea Cyprus Ltd "Teak"
RJA Royal Jordanian "Jordanian" (Jordan)