"It will be a direct, daily flight from Bangalore to Hong Kong," Cathay Pacific General Manager (India, West Asia, Africa and Pakistan) Tom Wright said today at the commencement of Cathay Pacific Chennai-Hong Kong flights.
Wright said the airline has proposed to operate four flights between Hong Kong and Chennai.
Cathay Pacific already operates flights on the Delhi-Hong Kong and Mumbai-Hong Kong routes. It waited for almost 26 years to get approval from both governments to launch the Chennai-Hong Kong sector,he said.
As the airline has had encouraging support from the cargo industry, it has also launched four cargo flights from Chennai to Hong Kong.
"Overall, 30 per cent of our revenues come from cargo in India," he said. The carrier mainly carry machinery, telecommunication products and leather from Chennai to Hong Kong.
From Hong Kong, various raw materials and electronic products are brought to Chennai, he said.
Cathay Pacific currently operates 14 passenger flights and eight cargo flights from New Delhi to Hong Kong, while from Mumbai to Hong Kong it operates 10 passenger flights and an equal number of cargo flights.
