Cathay improves services

Cathay improves services

JAKARTA (JP): Passengers flying Cathay Pacific between
Indonesia and Hong Kong will enjoy their own television set in
all first, business and economy class seats starting next month.

Cathay Pacific's manager in Indonesia, Gregory Hughes, said
yesterday the service improvement plan, particularly the
introduction of personal televisions in economy class, was part
of a US$150 million services upgrade.

He said the service upgrade plan in Indonesia would cost about
Rp 600 million (about $253,000).

Cathay Pacific, which began serving Indonesia in 1969,
operates 20 nonstop flights from Jakarta, Denpasar and Surabaya
to Hong Kong every week.

The airline operates Boeing B-747-200s, Airbus A-330-300s and
A-340-400 jets on its Indonesia routes.

Cathay Pacific is a publicly-listed firm but also owned by
Swire Pacific Ltd and China's CITIC Pacific Ltd. (icn)