Cathay Pacific adding 11 European freighter flights

Cathay Pacific adding 11 European freighter flights Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways will from Feb. 1 add 11 weekly freighter flights to Europe, pending government approval.
   A total of five flights a week are being added to Frankfurt, operating every Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The extra flights, all routed through Dubai, will increase to 11 the number of weekly flights Cathay operates between Hong Kong and Germany's main cargo hub.
   The other six new flights all follow a Hong Kong, Dubai, Manchester, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong rotation pattern, departing Hong Kong every day of the week except Friday.
   Cathay already operates a freighter service to Manchester, with eight flights a week, while Amsterdam, not called before by the airline, will become Cathay's 32nd freighter destination worldwide.
   With the extra services, Cathay will operate a total of 36 freighter flights to Europe every week.
   'Europe is an important cargo market for Hong Kong and we are very pleased to be able to further strengthen our presence in the continent through these additional flights,' said Ron Mathison, Cathay Pacific's director and general manager cargo.
   'The Cathay Pacific name has a good reputation in Europe and we believe the enhanced services will help us to better meet demand out of Hong Kong and the mainland, at the same time giving a further boost to the Hong Kong hub,' he said.