Cathay Pacific City (), often referred as Cathay City, is the headquarters of Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong's flag-carrying airline. It is located at

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, on the south side.

History

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The facility was initially to cost $3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars (US$452.8 million as of 1995). The plans called for about of office space on of land. In 1995 the Provisional Airport Authority (PAA) agreed to lease the site to the airline. The headquarters opened in 1998. The topping out ceremony was held on 17 February 1998."CATHAY PACIFIC Cathay Pacific City topped out at CLK" M2 Presswire. 17 February 1998. Retrieved on 16 May 2013. Available at

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. Cathay Pacific City was scheduled to be built in increments between April and September 1998. It was scheduled to open in July, when

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was to open. It was scheduled to have over 3,000 employees. The airline's move to the centre was scheduled to begin in June. On 6 July, operational departments were scheduled to be ready for the airport. In the second half of 1998 the rest of the airline was scheduled to move in. Previously the airline's headquarters were at Swire House, a building in Central named after the airline's parent company. The architects were

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, who began design work in May 1995. Simon Jackson and Associates outfitted the hotel interiors.Cairns, Start page 62. "Headquarters of Cathay Pacific Airways at Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong will include a 10-storey office building, a leisure centre, a staff hotel, and a workshop and storage building. Architects: Llewelyn-Davies. Hotel interiors: Simon Jackson and Associates." Cathay Pacific City had a cost of 4.9 billion

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Facility

Cathay Pacific City is located on of

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, located at the southeast corner of the platform of

. Cathay Pacific City has of space and is one of the largest corporate head office facilities in Asia. Cathay Pacific City includes three 10-storey office buildings, a 23-storey staff hotel, a flight training centre with a safety training school, a workshop and storage building, a leisure centre, and an airline stores building.Tam, Start Page 13. "10-story office building with three towers, a staff hotel, a flight training center, and an airline stores building." The centre has a steel pedestrian bridge. The head office of

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, as of 2004, is located on the fourth floor of the South Tower of Cathay Pacific City. In February 2012, FlightSafety International and

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, in a venture with Cathay Pacific, opened a learning centre for pilots of Gulfstream 450 and Gulfstream 550 aircraft at Cathay Pacific City. The centre is not marked with the FlightSafety name. The headquarters includes the Cathay Pacific Experience museum, which covers . The main gallery of the museum chronicles the airline's early history. The second gallery focuses on the airline's development. The third gallery explains the development into the contemporary airline. To access Cathay Pacific City employees are required to show electronic passes.Former flight attendant sells uniform on the net
" '' Sydney Morning Herald''. 24 September 2003. Retrieved on 16 May 2013. "A uniform is only part of the way of identifying Cathay staff. It would not enable you to access any restricted area. You need an electronic pass to get into Cathay Pacific City (the airlines secure staff area at Chek Lap Kok airport). Passes are deactivated as soon as staff leave the company."

Public transport

From Hong Kong city centre via MTR to: *

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- then take the

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route S64 from Tung Chung station. The second stop is Cathay Pacific City. *

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- via

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(from

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, Kowloon or

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stations) - when reaching the airport, or if already at the airport: Take the HAS crew shuttle to Cathay Pacific City from the Terminal 1 Ground Transportation Centre.

Notes

References

* Cairns, Robert. "Cathay City: Hong Kong International Airport." '' Asian Architect and Contractor''. May 1998. Volume 27, Start page 62. * ''Excellence in Exhibit Plus Event Design''. Visual Reference Publications. 1 February 2010. , 9781584711216. * Tam, Angela. "Cathay Pacific City." '' Asian Architect and Contractor''. July 1999. Volume 28, Start Page 13.

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