Cathay Group – the business
The Cathay Group comprises of below businesses: Cathay Pacific Airway – premium full-service airline, and Cargo service Hong Kong Express Airways Limited (“HK Express”) – low-cost airline AHK Air Hong Kong Limited (“Air Hong Kong”) Cathay Pacific Services Limited (CPCL) Cathay Pacific Catering Services (H.K) Limited (“CPCS”) Hong Kong Airport Services Limited (“HAS”) Vouge Laundry
Why Does The Horizontal Stabilizer Have a Fuel Tank
The A330 is equipped with this feature to get better performance, in terms of fuel consumption as well as range. The A330 has the onboard flight computer to auto shift the fuel from the main tank to the tail tank (on horizontal stabilizer). The make the CG shifting backward to reduce the tail-down force.
Endurance? Range?
Range is affected by: fuel on board fuel flow (how fast the fuel is burnt)! Fuel flow increase (i.e burn more fuel) –> range will reduce. Range can be said as the distance the aircraft can go per unit of fuel ( Distance NM/ Fuel kg) Range can be translated into specific range
Cost Index (CI)
Also take reference: https://skybrary.aero/articles/cost-index http://www.boeing.ch/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_02_10/pdfs/AERO_FuelConsSeries.pdf Cost Index is the ratio of all costs other than fuel and the fuel costs. The lower the CI, the more “importance” the machinery places on saving fuel. Low cost indexes will result in lower climb speed, (both indicated and mach), lower cruise speed, a generally higher cruise altitude, a
Number of spark plug in each cylinder of general aircraft?
Reference: Piston Archives – Champion Aerospace Why Do Aircraft Engines Have Two Spark Plugs Per Cylinder? | Boldmethod How it works: Spark plugs – AOPA 溫故知新: In general, GA piston aircraft, 每個cylinder 都有兩個 spark plugs Modern airplane engines are required by to have a dual ignition system – that is, two separate magnetos to
Cathay is investing over HK$100 billion to strengthen Hong Kong’s international aviation hub status
https://news.cathaypacific.com/cathay-is-investing-over-hk-100-billion-to-strengthen-hong-kong-s-international-aviation-hub-status?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content Cathay Group Chair Patrick Healy said: “With the Three-Runway System soon to propel Hong Kong’s aviation sector into a new age, the coming years are going to be an incredibly exciting time for Hong Kong and for Cathay with ample new opportunities to grow.
