American Roy C Farrell and Australian Sydney H de Kantzow founded Cathay Pacific Airways on 24 September, 1946. It was based in Shanghai, the two men eventually moved to Hong Kong and established the airline. The new company began to operate passenger flights to Manila, Bangkok, Singapore and Shanghai. Expansion was rapidly growing later. In 1948, one of Hong Kong 's leading trading companies, Butterfield & Swire (today known as the Swire Group) took a 45% share in the company.
To a large extent, Cathay Pacific can meet the objectives of the following stakeholders. From the point of view of customers, they perceive a good airline should perform well in safety, service quality and punctuality. Cathay Pacific was awarded “Top 10 Airline for 2015”. The safety rating and product rating are 7/7(Airline Ratings, 2015). It was also awarded the “world’s new leading airline in terms of its safety record” from JACDEC Airline Safety Ranking 2015.
to open new routes thereby providing a diversified revenue stream. 5. Considering Crowair plc is a low cost airline the expansion to paris will be relatively cheap as the management will try its best to reduces costs plus there is no additional investment as an existing flight is being
Hong Kong Dragon Air is Hong Kong-based international airline, belonging to of the Cathay Pacific Group. The airline was established in 1985, and operates a fleet of narrow-body A320s and A321s, which were both powered by V2500 engines manufactured by International Aero Engines AG (“IAE”) for both passenger and cargo service to destinations to destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, and China. Their vision is to be the World’s best regional airline serving China and beyond. Their missions; places emphasis on safety and operational excellence with customer focus. The airline seeks to embrace innovation by implementing ideas that improve their business.
This means that the Philippine carriers can launch new flights to the United States and they can change their aircraft types used on existing routes. This will be a great opportunity for the Philippine Aviation Industry as this allows for more flights to different countries. For Cebu Pacific, this upgrade will provide them an access to an important market which they are previously banned on serving. On the same day that the Philippines received its category 1 upgrade, the European Union granted Cebu Pacific access to Europe. The year 2014 is good for Cebu Pacific.
GSC is start in 1998 to partnership business as merger of Golden Communications (GC) and Cathay Cinema. Cathay is one of the old cinemas in Malaysia. Cathay cinema was later revived in 2004, which was formerly known as Mega Pavilion Cinema. Mega Pavilion Cinema, which was rename Cathay Cineplex Sdn. Bhd.
Meanwhile the 90s also saw the establishment of Barclaycard International, which led to direct expansion into several countries including Germany (1991), France (1998), Greece and Spain (1999), Botswana (2001), Italy (2002), Portugal and Egypt (2004). Barclaycard is now present in over 20 countries. During 2000, Barclaycard and Nomura launched a virtual shopping mall called IndigoSquare, which was replaced by Shopsmart in 2001, following Barclaycard’s acquisition of the site. The same year, Barclaycard announced the sponsorship of the FA Premier League in a £48 million deal, followed, a few months later, by a specially designed Premiership Barclaycard. 2002 saw the start of Barclaycard Direct, providing mortgages, insurance and savings products, and of Nectar, a customer loyalty scheme in which customers could collect points through designated shops and services.
The airline began as Malayan Airways Limited and flew its first commercial flight in 1947 at Singapore as the headquarter, before Singapore being part and separate from Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines flies to over 60 destinations worldwide as Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France and many more cross mostly all over the
In 1736, following John Freame's retirement, his son-in-law, James Barclay became a partner in the bank making it Freame and Barclay. In 1896 Barclay, Bevan, Tritton & Co. joined 19 other banking businesses to form Barclay & Company Limited. The new bank had 182 branches, 806 employees, and deposits worth £26m.The majority of the branches were located in the south-east of England, and 192 employees were based at 54 Lombard Street. (www.timeline.barclays.com) Over the intervening three centuries the partner families (mostly Quakers) expanded the business through organic growth, mergers and acquisitions, taking advantage of the financial and business opportunities granted first by the British imperial expansion and also by English industrialisation. (Mapping European
Introduction Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd – (PIL) incorporated in Singapore since 1967. Founded by Mr. Chang Yun Chung. The company operates at range of business spanning from shipping to container manufacturing and other logistic related services. PIL initially operated just two vessels only as a regional break bulk operates. In 1981, PIL’s first container vessel is acquired and developed with container shipping.