Cathay Pacific strengthens its U.S. operations with a new route between Hong Kong and Dallas. Services will begin on April 24th, 2025 and will be conducted by Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, configured for 334 passengers in three seating classes (46 Business, 32 Premium Economy and 256 Economy).

Dallas Fort Worth airport, as mentioned in our USA/Canada report, will become the airline’s sixth passenger destination in the United States and eighth in North America, including Canada. All of its flights are carried out from/to Hong Kong, on Airbus A350s and Boeing 777s.

At the time of publication, Cathay will have four services a week to Dallas, offering 1,336 weekly seats per leg with this schedule. Hong Kong will be DFW’s sixth destination to Asia, following Doha, Dubai, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo (Haneda and Narita).

Schedule between Hong Kong and Dallas

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• CX 897  Hong Kong HKG 16:05 · 17:55 DFW Dallas
• CX 898  Dallas DFW 23:55 · 05:05+2 HKG Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific Senior Vice President for the Americas Chris van den Hooven said: “It is with tremendous pride and excitement that we announce the arrival of Cathay Pacific at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in 2025, a major milestone in the airline’s growth within North America. Our new flight is a further testament to the airline’s mission to connect passengers to our home city of Hong Kong and beyond.”

“Connecting the cultural and commercial opportunities between DFW and Hong Kong with a nonstop flight is crucial for these two globally influential regions,” said Sean Donohue, DFW’s Chief Executive Officer. “We are excited to welcome Cathay Pacific as our newest international airline, with service that will grow DFW’s connectivity throughout Asia and beyond.”

Cathay routes to North America

In accordance with our database, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York JFK, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver are its regular destinations in the region, as well as several cargo operations to/from Anchorage, Atlanta, Calgary, Columbus, Houston, Miami and Portland.

Considering the seven passenger routes, Cathay operates 79 flights per week in the Hong Kong – Americas market, of which 55 are to the US and the remainder to Canada.

• Boston (BOS): 6 weekly · Airbus A350-1000
• Chicago (ORD): 5 weekly · Airbus A350-1000
• Los Angeles (LAX): 13 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
• New York (JFK): 21 weekly · A359/A35K/77W
• San Francisco (SFO): 10 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Toronto (YYZ): 14 weekly · Airbus A350-1000
• Vancouver (YVR): 10 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)

Cathay offers more than 25,000 weekly seats between Hong Kong and North America, being approximately 16,650 to the United States.

In addition, by 2025, Cathay Pacific plans to increase the frequencies of its passenger services to the Americas. Starting in May, the airline will operate 108 flights a week from Hong Kong, using Airbus A350 and Boeing 777 planes. As well as the new service to Dallas, it will include three daily flights to New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and a daily operation to Boston and Chicago. Cathay also continues to expand its services to Canada, with 14 flights per week to Vancouver and 13 weekly flights to Toronto.

This will be Cathay Pacific’s schedule to the United States and Canada as of April 2025

• Boston (BOS): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-1000
• Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-1000
• Dallas (DFW): 4 weekly · Airbus A350-1000
• Los Angeles (LAX): 21 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
• New York (JFK): 21 weekly · A359/A35K/77W
• San Francisco (SFO): 21 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Toronto (YYZ): 13 weekly · Airbus A350-1000
• Vancouver (YVR): 14 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)

Seats offered will increase by 36% (from 25,000 to approximately 34,000).

We review Cathay’s major destination network, with its countries and cities, operated mainly from its hub in Hong Kong. The airline has an important presence in Asia, along with flights to Africa, the Americas, Europe and Oceania.

Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam are the regular markets served by Cathay Pacific.

Africa

Johannesburg.

America

Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Columbus, Guadalajara, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver. 

Asia

Bangkok, Beijing, Bengaluru, Cebu, Chengdu CTU, Chengdu TFU, Chennai, Chongqing, Colombo, Delhi, Denpasar, Dhaka, Dubai DWC, Dubai DXB, Fukuoka, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, Nagoya, Nanjing, Ningbo, Osaka, Penang, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Qingdao, Sapporo, Seoul ICN, Shanghai SHA, Shanghai PVG, Singapore, Surabaya, Taipei, Tokyo HND, Tokyo NRT, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xi’an, Xiamen and Zhengzhou.

Europe

Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frankfurt, London LHR, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Paris CDG and Zurich.

Oceania

Auckland, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.

Including passenger and some cargo operations, at publication time.

Cathay Pacific’s fleet is composed as follows:

According to our database, Cathay has 178 jets, averaging 12 years old. Twenty of the total are cargo-only aircraft.

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Cover photo: JJ Wang – JetPhotos (Hong Kong).