Blog Tag - Cathay Pacific Airlines

The Far Less Expensive Way to Visit Koh Samui
Here's a real-life travel situation and a potential way to solve it. Koh Samui remains a popular destination for people seeking a beach or tropical...
Dragonair Rebrands as Cathay Dragon
One of the longest-operating brands in Asian aviation is getting a new name and a new look, as Dragonair becomes Cathay Dragon. The move is designed...
Traveling for Spring Festival? Maybe Make Those Plans for March
If you're planning to travel during Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), you may wish to make plans for another time, either before or after the...
Delta Deals to the US for Christmas; Cathay Pacific Opens New Lounge in Taipei
It's suddenly gone a bit quiet in the travel world. Although a Ctrip and a few airlines offered deals for Singles Day, the day still seems to be...
China Shows off Its New Locally-Made Passenger Aircraft
The biggest travel news so far this week is that a Chinese company launched its locally-produced passenger airplane. The C919, manufactured by the...
Hong Kong Airlines Offers Roundtrip Hong Kong Flights for as low as HKD 1,150
Rejoice, fans of Hong Kong travel. Hong Kong Airlines is celebrating its ninth anniversary, and lower fares seem to be on the offer as a result....
Comparing Two of the World's Top Airlines
Recently I had the chance to fly two of the world's top-five airlines on the same day. A series of events led to me flying from Beijing to Singapore...
Cathay Pacific Flash Fares: Travel for Less This Summer, if You Can Get Them
Act quickly: Cathay Pacific Airlines posted its flash fares at midnight, June 1, and clearly a whole lot of people are booking those seats in a hurry...
Why You Should Book Your October 1 Holiday This Week
It's time for us to invoke one of the Talking Travel desk's most important maxims: book your next holiday as soon as you get back from the previous...
Why Budget Airlines Aren't Always Cheap; Taipei Thoughts
I'm not a fan of budget airlines. I like traveling and therefore when I do it, I want it to be both fun and special. Budget airlines for the most...
Talking Travel Extra: Great Prices on Hong Kong Flights in May
Your Talking Travel correspondent finds himself traveling a fair bit, as could be expected. Coming up on the itinerary is Hong Kong, a Talking Travel...
Ctrip Plays Santa to Air Passengers, Christmas Travel
Online travel site Ctrip is giving all travelers who book by November 21 and fly between December 1 and December 31 the chance to win prizes via...
Talking Travel: Book Your Spring Festival Holiday Now
And so the annual insanity known as the October 1 holiday draws to a close. Seeing this annual migration should remind everyone why there are very...
Talking Travel: Everyone's Flying to Boston, New Renaissance, and It's Cheap to Fly to Beijing on United
It's been a week of travel pornography here at the Talking Travel desk. I'll add one place to the list of last-minute destination choices for October...
Talking Travel: Take the Train, Cathay Pacific Named World's Best Airline, and How Airplane Classes Should Be Structured
To begin, the image below is from the cartoon The Oatmeal. He, like Richard Branson, appears to be on the same wavelength with your Talking Travel ...