Official Dragonair Airlines information
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (Cantonese: 港龍航空有限公司 Pronunciation: gong2 lung4 hong4 hung1 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1), operating as Dragonair, is an international airline headquartered in Hong Kong; with its corporate headquarters, Dragonair House, and main hub at Hong Kong International Airport. As of 17 November 2012, The airline operates a scheduled passenger network to 37 destinations in 13 countries and territories across Asia.
Additionally, the airline has 3 codeshares on routes which are served by partner airlines. It has an all Airbus fleet of 37 aircraft, consisting of A320s, A321s and A330s. Dragonair is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong's flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, and is an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance. The airline was founded on 24 May 1985 by Chao Kuang Piu, the airline's present honorary chairman. Its maiden flight departed Hong Kong for Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia after being granted an air operator's certificate (AOC) by the Hong Kong Government in July 1985. In 2010, Dragonair, together with its parent, Cathay Pacific, operated over 138,000 flights, carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.80 billion kg of cargo and mail.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonair
Additionally, the airline has 3 codeshares on routes which are served by partner airlines. It has an all Airbus fleet of 37 aircraft, consisting of A320s, A321s and A330s. Dragonair is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong's flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, and is an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance. The airline was founded on 24 May 1985 by Chao Kuang Piu, the airline's present honorary chairman. Its maiden flight departed Hong Kong for Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia after being granted an air operator's certificate (AOC) by the Hong Kong Government in July 1985. In 2010, Dragonair, together with its parent, Cathay Pacific, operated over 138,000 flights, carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.80 billion kg of cargo and mail.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonair
In July 1985, a Boeing 737-200A aircraft took off from Hong Kong International Airport – then located at Kai Tak on the Kowloon peninsula – to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia. That flight marked the start of a new chapter in Hong Kong aviation, as it was the first commercial flight of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines, an entity that was to grow into Hong Kong’s international carrier known as Dragonair.
Starting with one aircraft, Dragonair now develops to an award-winning Hong Kong-based carrier owning more than thirty aircraft, and with a network covering the most popular travel destinations as well as business ports in Asia Pacific region. Dragonair is well-recognised by its passengers of its extensive network in China. Given the flourishing economy in Mainland cities and aviation hub synergy of Hong Kong, Dragonair plays an increasingly important role in connecting passengers around the globe and the Mainland China.
Dragonair is also the first local airline making investment in local pilot training. In late 1980s, the first generation pilot students joined the pilot training scheme and became the first batch locally born Chinese pilots. To date, over seventy cadets have successfully completed the scheme.
Dragonair is a member of Cathay Pacific Group, affiliate member of oneworld® and partner of Asia Miles. There is much more to a successful airline than planes and destinations, however, and it is here that Dragonair has really made its mark – through people who, day after day, contribute their passion, vision and hard work to building and maintaining Dragonair’s reputation for reliability, friendliness, innovation and dynamism.
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Source: http://www.dragonair.com
https://www.facebook.com/dragonair
https://twitter.com/dragonair
Fleet: 39
Number of Staff: 3,057 worldwide
Destinations served: 45 in 14 countries and territories
2013 June
Starting with one aircraft, Dragonair now develops to an award-winning Hong Kong-based carrier owning more than thirty aircraft, and with a network covering the most popular travel destinations as well as business ports in Asia Pacific region. Dragonair is well-recognised by its passengers of its extensive network in China. Given the flourishing economy in Mainland cities and aviation hub synergy of Hong Kong, Dragonair plays an increasingly important role in connecting passengers around the globe and the Mainland China.
Dragonair is also the first local airline making investment in local pilot training. In late 1980s, the first generation pilot students joined the pilot training scheme and became the first batch locally born Chinese pilots. To date, over seventy cadets have successfully completed the scheme.
Dragonair is a member of Cathay Pacific Group, affiliate member of oneworld® and partner of Asia Miles. There is much more to a successful airline than planes and destinations, however, and it is here that Dragonair has really made its mark – through people who, day after day, contribute their passion, vision and hard work to building and maintaining Dragonair’s reputation for reliability, friendliness, innovation and dynamism.
Photo: http://www.dragonair.com
Source: http://www.dragonair.com
https://www.facebook.com/dragonair
https://twitter.com/dragonair
Fleet: 39
Number of Staff: 3,057 worldwide
Destinations served: 45 in 14 countries and territories
2013 June
- World’s Best Regional Airline
- Best Regional Airline Asia
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