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Passengers traveling to South and North America are allowed to carry two pieces of checked baggage with same weight and dimension limits equal to 62 linear inches and 70 lbs per each. The exception is infants that are allowed to carry 1 piece of checked baggage.
Passengers traveling to UK, EU, India, Nepal and Philippines must seek additional information regarding changes of baggage allowance due to security reasons.
Passengers traveling to or from any destinations are allowed to take one piece of carry-on baggage that is not exceeding the limit of 45 linear inches. Allowed weight limit for carry-on baggage depends on class, which is equal to 33lbs (first class), 22lbs (business class) and 15lbs (economy class). Infants are not allowed to take carry-on baggage. In addition to carry-on baggage, passengers of all classes, regardless of destination may carry one personal item such as overcoat, walking stick, crutches, reasonable quantity of readable materials, laptop computer, photo or video camera, purse, briefcase, etc.
Cathay Pacific supports transportation of unaccompanied minors between 6 and 12 years old. In case if more than six unaccompanied minors are traveling in group, airline will additionally supervise them with Flying Guardian that will guide and protect unaccompanied minors from boarding gate in airport of origin to giveaway in airport of destination. Unaccompanied Minors service fee varies from 20 to 50 US dollars depending from destination and duration of the flight.
Summary
Cathay Pacific Airlines was founded in 1946 and primarily headquartered in Shanghai soon moved its main hub and headquarters to Hong Kong. Nowadays together with its subsidiary Dragon Air, Cathay Pacific delivers passengers and cargos to over a hundred destinations all over the world. Flying Cathay Pacific passengers and cargos are reaching major business centers and leisure destinations in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Middle East, North-East Asia and Northern America. Besides of major transcontinental transportation, Cathay Pacific is the best choice to reach almost all business centers and leisure destinations of China and boarding regions. Together with codeshare partners, Cathay Pacific is reaching 120 countries and over 500 destinations including Australia, Bahrain, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, UK, US and Vietnam. Obviously there’s no better choice to travel from any spot of the world to Asia and reach any country in the world on your way back. Currently Cathay Pacific has its major hub in Hong Kong International Airport, wherefrom all domestic and international flights are operated.Check-in time
Members of Marco Polo Club and Asia Miles program may check in online starting from 48 hours prior to scheduled departure of the flight. Other passengers can check-in at ticket counters starting from 48 hours before the flight, but not later than 90 minutes prior to scheduled departure of the flight. Boarding passes are available in online check-in counter or check-in kiosks.Baggage allowance
Passengers of all flights, except of flight to or from both South and North America, are allowed to carry a reasonable quantity of checked baggage (quantity is not limited, but recommended not more than two pieces) that is limited in weight depending passenger’s class. The limits are 88 lbs (first class), 66 lbs (business class), 44lbs (economy class) and 22lbs (infant) each piece. Maximal allowed dimensions for baggage of passengers, regardless of traveling class is 179 linear inches.Passengers traveling to South and North America are allowed to carry two pieces of checked baggage with same weight and dimension limits equal to 62 linear inches and 70 lbs per each. The exception is infants that are allowed to carry 1 piece of checked baggage.
Passengers traveling to UK, EU, India, Nepal and Philippines must seek additional information regarding changes of baggage allowance due to security reasons.
Passengers traveling to or from any destinations are allowed to take one piece of carry-on baggage that is not exceeding the limit of 45 linear inches. Allowed weight limit for carry-on baggage depends on class, which is equal to 33lbs (first class), 22lbs (business class) and 15lbs (economy class). Infants are not allowed to take carry-on baggage. In addition to carry-on baggage, passengers of all classes, regardless of destination may carry one personal item such as overcoat, walking stick, crutches, reasonable quantity of readable materials, laptop computer, photo or video camera, purse, briefcase, etc.
Child Fares
There are no general child fares for all flights, but there are a lot of discounts and special fares for children traveling to particular destinations. Contact airline representatives to find out, whether there are special child fares for particular destination or flight. Infants under two years old can be carried on adults lap for free.Cathay Pacific supports transportation of unaccompanied minors between 6 and 12 years old. In case if more than six unaccompanied minors are traveling in group, airline will additionally supervise them with Flying Guardian that will guide and protect unaccompanied minors from boarding gate in airport of origin to giveaway in airport of destination. Unaccompanied Minors service fee varies from 20 to 50 US dollars depending from destination and duration of the flight.