Cathay Pacific will launch daily nonstop passenger service between Hong Kong and Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Sept. 1, 2011. The route will be served by a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Chicago will be the airline’s first new American destination since 1998. The carrier currently serves Los Angeles, New York JFK and San Francisco in the United States with more than 50 flights per week. Cathay Pacific offers high quality First-class, business and economy seating and amenities on all passenger flights.
Cathay Pacific flight CX807 ORD HKG will depart Chicago daily at 3:25 p.m. Central and arrive in Hong Kong at 8 p.m. local the next day. Flight CX806 will depart Hong Kong at 11:45 a.m. local time and arrive ORD at 1:45 p.m. Central time the same day.
Book by June 10 and snag a special introductory fare, good for travel from September 1 through November 30.
Fares include:
Chicago to Hong Kong $1,020 round-trip, nonstop, incl. all taxes
Chicago to Taipei $1,076 round-trip, incl. all taxes
Chicago to Guangzhou $1,080 round-trip, incl. all taxes
Chicago to Manila $1,116 round-trip, incl. all taxes
Chicago to Shanghai ORD PVG $1,180 round-trip, incl. all taxes
Cathay Pacific currently employs 16 staff in Chicago. The cargo team has 12 employees while engineering and passenger sales both have two. With the addition of regularly scheduled passenger service, the local team is expected to grow throughout 2011.
"We will be looking to expand our local sales team and we will be building an airport services team that embodies our 'Service Straight from the Heart' philosophy," Mowrer said. "I anticipate we'll even see some growth in our cargo and engineering teams as well."
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