Cathay off to Moscow

Cathay Pacific Airways will start a new service to Moscow, 13 July, with three flights a week departing Hong Kong every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, subject to government approval.

The airline announced its plan to fly to the Russian capital about a month ago. Cathay Pacific CEO, Tony Tyler said: ?We are pleased that things are moving quickly, enabling us to start the new service in the summer as planned. There has been a big increase in travellers between the Hong Kong and the Russian Federation since visa-free arrangements were introduced last year, and our new service will accelerate the development of ties.?

The Moscow service will be the second new destination to be launched by the airline this year after a four-times-weekly service to Milan was launched 28 March.

The current code-share arrangement between Cathay Pacific and Aeroflot on flights between Hong Kong and Moscow ended, 28 March. Alternative arrangements for Cathay Pacific ticket holders have already been made.

Sourced = The TTR Weekly