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Mar 23, 2010 (newstodate): At long last: the Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific has been granted traffic rights for flights between Hong Kong and Moscow, Russia!
Effective from July 13, 2010, Cathay Pacific will offer three weekly flights between Hong Kong and Moscow Domodedovo Airport, using Airbus A340-300 aircraft on the route.
The route was first announced in December, 2005, and was slated to start by the introduction of the summer schedule, effective March 27, 2006, but Russian red-tape efforts caused the plan to collapse.
Since June 2, 2004, Cathay Pacific has served Moscow through a code-share agreement with Aeroflot as operator of the flights, but the wish for own services remained undaunted by repeated failures to gain access.
Effective from July 13, 2010, Cathay Pacific will offer three weekly flights between Hong Kong and Moscow Domodedovo Airport, using Airbus A340-300 aircraft on the route.
The route was first announced in December, 2005, and was slated to start by the introduction of the summer schedule, effective March 27, 2006, but Russian red-tape efforts caused the plan to collapse.
Since June 2, 2004, Cathay Pacific has served Moscow through a code-share agreement with Aeroflot as operator of the flights, but the wish for own services remained undaunted by repeated failures to gain access.