About 80,000 people flew between Dublin and Hong Kong on the service that Cathay Pacific launched between the two cities a year ago, according to Edward Fotheringham, the carrier’s regional head of marketing and sales Europe. Cathay began flying four times a week from Dublin to Hong Kong, the first direct service connecting the Republic with China, this month last year. The greater bay area, including Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen, with a population of 70 million, is a key centre for IT in the Far East. About two out of every three passengers from the Republic are travelling onwards from Hong Kong to destinations in Australasia and the Far East that Cathay Pacific serves from the hub. He said the airline offered very competitive fares to Hong Kong and the onward destinations.

Source: The Irish Times June 08, 2019 05:15 UTC