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Cathay Pacific Used To Own A Few DC 10s?  
User currently offlineUnited Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8792 posts, RR: 17
Posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 910 times:

Hi everyone!

Someone has told me that Cathay Pacific used to own a few DC 10s. Can anyone confirm that?

If yes, what is the model?

Hope to hear from you guy!

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User currently offlineSlawko From Canada, joined May 1999, 3799 posts, RR: 10
Reply 1, posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 886 times:

They probably confused them with the L1011's...Someone once told me that Canadian has L1011's, bu thtey were really talking about the DC10 and they worked there!


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User currently offlineCX flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6341 posts, RR: 56
Reply 2, posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 883 times:

Cathay has never owned any DC10s. They were considering leasing some DC10s many many years ago, but chose the Tristar instead. They were offered a deal by the leasing company for the DC10s with engines free-of-charge. cathay nearly signed until they realised that the deal only applied to one aircraft.....so they bought Tristars, and I'm glad!!!

User currently offlineUnited Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8792 posts, RR: 17
Reply 3, posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 873 times:

Thanks everyone! I know they used to own the L1011.

Anyway, now I know they never owned any DC 10s. THANKS A LOT!

User currently offlineOxygen From Hong Kong, joined Sep 1999, 673 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 827 times:

Cathay was just about to place orders for DC-10s when the British Government knew about it and persuaded CX to chose the Tristar with RR engines instead because Rolls Royce was facing Bankruptcy at that time. And so CX bought the Tristar.

A few years afterwards there had been a scandal that Lockheed paid one of Cathay's pilots US $80000 so that he would influence the Airline to buy the tristar.

User currently offlineATA L1011 From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1361 posts, RR: 7
Reply 5, posted (12 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 793 times:

Never have!


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