Cathay Pacific Fleet Additions?

On my recent return from MNL to JFK via HKG on Cathay Pacific, I flew
all legs on the same aircraft, which surprisingly turned out to be a
747-400 with Pratt & Whitney engines.

This surprised me, as I recalled (and the inflight magazine confirmed)
that all of CX's 744s are Rolls-Royce powered.

The placarding in the cabin and lavs made it clear that this had once
been some other airline's machine. All the features and amenities of a
"regular" CX 744 were of course present, including nice new seats.

So, why is CX operating a "non-standard" 747-400? How many do they
have? Was this necessitated by delays in the A380?

TIA!


Ed R.

They have 5 ex-Singapore 744's. Could be one of those.


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> On my recent return from MNL to JFK via HKG on Cathay Pacific, I flew
> all legs on the same aircraft, which surprisingly turned out to be a
> 747-400 with Pratt & Whitney engines.
>
> This surprised me, as I recalled (and the inflight magazine confirmed)
> that all of CX's 744s are Rolls-Royce powered.
>
> The placarding in the cabin and lavs made it clear that this had once
> been some other airline's machine. All the features and amenities of a
> "regular" CX 744 were of course present, including nice new seats.
>
> So, why is CX operating a "non-standard" 747-400? How many do they
> have? Was this necessitated by delays in the A380?
>
> TIA!
>
>
> Ed R.
>