Originally Posted by Kachjc

this means by 2019 cathay will have

50-777-300ER
30-A330-some retired leave to dragonair

48-A350

12-777-300-Assuming and hoping that all 747,a340 and 777-200 are retired by then

Sub total of 140 aircraft from today's 110-net gain 30, not to mention 747 are being replaced by lower capacity aircraft
If this is Cathay's long term plan for this decade, they are not going to be Asia's largest international airline for very long

It will also mean, no direct flights to south america, definitely and important market to at least start to develop for this decade and as routes are being replaced by lower capacity aircraft so more frequencies and fewer destinations

I hope for more orders,

Emirates will have 300+ widebodies by then, not to mention rapid expansion of Chinese carriers

Seriously ordering another 10 is really a joke, I though Cathay was supposedly doing well financially


By then dragonair may have 50+ aircraft mostly narrowbodies as by end of this year dragonair's fleet will be 38