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Our history | Cathay Pacific<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Timeline<\/span><\/p>\n 1946 –\u00a0 Douglas DC-3<\/p>\n 1959 – Lockheed Electra aircraft (American turboprop airliner) – first aircraft to offer a premium cabin, with 12 First class seats<\/p>\n 1962 – first Convair 880\u00a0 (American narrow-body jet airliner)<\/p>\n 1968 – all-jet fleet<\/p>\n 1979<\/strong> – first Boeing 747-200<\/a>, VR-HKG, arrives in Hong Kong – propel Cathay Pacific from a regional carrier to a global player with a long-haul network: flights to London Gatwick begin the following year, with a service stop in Bahrain to refuel<\/p>\n 1989 – new and improved 747-400<\/strong>, introduced in 1989, which opened up many more non-stop, long-haul destinations across Europe and North America \u2013 connecting people across all corners of the world<\/p>\n 1995<\/strong> – Since the airline\u2019s first Trent-powered A330<\/strong> flight to Singapore on 6 March 1995 (refernce: here<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1996<\/strong> –\u00a0 Cathay Pacific received its first Airbus A340<\/strong>-300 in 1996\u00a0 (refernce: here<\/a>)<\/p>\n 1998<\/strong> – Registered B-HNH, the first 777-300<\/strong> was handed over to Cathay Pacific in a special ceremony at Boeing Field, near Seattle, on 21 May 1998.\u00a0 \u00a0(reference: here<\/a>)<\/p>\n 2000<\/strong> – The 777-200<\/strong> aircraft joined the Cathay Pacific fleet in 2000\u00a0 (reference: here<\/a>)<\/p>\n 2006<\/strong> – \u00a0signed an agreement that brought Dragonair into the Cathay Pacific Group as a wholly owned subsidiary – \u6240\u4ee5\u6709\u5de6A320<\/strong><\/p>\n 2016<\/strong> – Cathay Pacific Airways\u2019 first Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft arrived at Hong Kong International Airport from Toulouse, France on Sunday, 29 May. (reference: here<\/a>)<\/p>\n 2018<\/strong> – Cathay Pacific received its first Airbus A350-1000 <\/strong>(reference: here<\/a>)<\/p>\n 2021 –\u00a0<\/strong>Cathay Pacific\u2019s state-of-the-art Airbus A321neo aircraft will enter into commercial service on 4 August 2021 (reference:\u00a0 here<\/a>)<\/p>\n Now<\/strong> and in the future:<\/strong> \u7747\u5e74\u5831\u5566 – here ~<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reference: Our history | Cathay Pacific Timeline 1946 –\u00a0 Douglas DC-3 1959 – Lockheed Electra aircraft (American turboprop airliner) – first aircraft to offer a premium cabin, with 12 First class seats 1962 – first Convair 880\u00a0 (American narrow-body jet airliner) 1968 – all-jet fleet 1979 – first Boeing 747-200, VR-HKG, arrives in Hong