Top 10 safest airlines in the world
china.org.cn / chinagate.cn by Xu Lin, March 12, 2014 Adjust font size:
Cathay Pacific Airways
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Cathay Pacific Airways [File photo] |
Safety rating: 7/7
Product rating: 7/7
Country of Origin: China
Airline Code: CX
History:
- Founded by an American and an Australian in 1946
- Based in Hong Kong, China
- Swire Group bought into Cathay Pacific in 1948 and still have a 45 percent share
- Major shareholder is Air China and Cathay Pacific is a reciprocal shareholder
- World's first non-stop transpolar flight over the North Pole in July 1998
- Founding member of the Oneworld Alliance in 1999
- Subsidiary Dragonair operates most routes out of Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland
(Source: airlineratings.com)
