Cathay Pacific's News in Brief

Great fares to get you united with Manchester

From football to Coronation Street, New Order to Oasis – Manchester flies under the radar with great gems waiting to be discovered. From December, Cathay Pacific will begin direct flights five times a week to Manchester from its Hong Kong hub. Fares from Sydney to Manchester start from $1929* for economy, $3640* for Premium Economy and $7640* for Business Class.

*RRP for return travel. Fares are per person and differ according to the origin city and departure date. Offer on sale until further notice, subject to availability, for selected travel dates only. Taxes and surcharges correct as at 28 May 2014 but subject to currency fluctuation. Surcharges are subject to change. Fares differ according to the origin city, departure date and destination. For full offer details, terms and conditions visit cathaypacific.com.au

Dragonair's saucy secret

The key to Xin Dau Ji's delicious chilled pork belly with garlic is a closely-guarded secret sauce recipe that uses Kurobuta pork. Now passengers travelling on Dragonair, Cathay Pacific's sister airline, can enjoy this and other signature Hong Kong style dishes from the popular Xin Dau Ji restaurant, which was awarded a Michelin star in 2012 and has nine branches in Hong Kong and China. Another Xin Dau Ji hit offered on Dragonair's new inflight menu is the braised beef cheek with matsutake, bailing mushroom and celtuce, a tasty dish rich with superfoods. Other popular dishes passengers can look forward to include pan-fried minced pork and lotus root cake and the chef-recommended deep-fried fish fillet with sweet corn sauce.

The new menu will be available until mid-April 2015 to passengers in all classes on selected Dragonair flights from Hong Kong to Beijing and Shanghai, and to First and Business Class passengers to Taipei and Kaohsiung, and to Business Class passengers flying to Chengdu, Hang-zhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao and Fukuoka.

Do Krug and caviar taste better at 30,000 feet?

This is something that Cathay Pacific's First Class passengers can now tell you. Starting from this month, passengers travelling First Class on Cathay Pacific flights will be presented with a bespoke caviar and Krug service. The caviar is served in a specially made glass caviar soccel and with a mother of pearl spoon. Cathay Pacific also recently introduced an amuse bouche service so First Class passengers are now welcomed with bite-sized fine fare presented in a frosted sake glass -literally a tasteful start for the flight ahead.Cathay Pacific offers First Class on flights between Hong Kong and Europe and North America including Paris, London, Frankfurt and New York.

Award-winning Cathay Pacific flies 74 times a week from Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Cairns and Brisbane) direct to Hong Kong and onto more than 170 destinations around the world. Cathay Pacific and sister airline Dragonair fly over 720 flights a week to 25 destina-tions in China and Taiwan, including 12 daily flights to

Beijing and 17 daily flights to Shanghai. Visit www.cathaypacific.com.au
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