Cathay Pacific Boeing B747-400 PW Engines Reg# B-HKT JETVL15003 Jet-X Scale 1:200

Highly detailed Jet-X diecast model airplane Cathay Pacific Boeing B747-400 Pratt & Whitney Engines Item#: JETVL15003 Registration#: B-HKT Scale: 1:200 B747-412 B-HKT is Cathay Pacific’s last operating PW engine Jumbo. Production line number 955. She served with Singapore Airlines as 9V-SMQ before transferred to Cathay Pacific. Her retirement date is scheduled for 2018 but very likely the date will be moved forward. Cathay Pacific (simplified Chinese: 国泰航空; traditional Chinese: 國泰航空) (SEHK: 0293) is the largest airline of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations include scheduled passenger and cargo services to 200 destinations in 52 countries worldwide, codeshares, and joint ventures, with a fleet of wide-body aircraft, consisting of Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Boeing 747 and Boeing 777 equipment. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Dragonair, operates to 44 destinations in the Asia-Pacific region from its Hong Kong base. In 2010, Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.8 million tonnes of cargo and mail. The airline was founded on September 24, 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell, with each man putting up HK$1 to register the airline. The airline made the world's first non-stop transpolar flight flying over the North Pole in July 1998, which was also the maiden flight to arrive at then time, the new Hong Kong International Airport. The airline celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2006; and as of October 2009, its major shareholders are Swire Pacific and Air China. It is reciprocally one of the major shareholders of Air China. Cathay Pacific currently holds the title of the world's third largest airline, measured in terms of market capitalisation, according to the International Air Transport Association. In 2010, Cathay Pacific became the world's largest international cargo airline, along with main hub Hong Kong International Airport as the world's busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic. Cathay Pacific is a founding member of the Oneworld alliance, with its subsidiary, Dragonair, as an affiliate member. Cathay Pacific was awarded Skytrax's 2014 Airline of the Year. Cathay Pacific has won the "World's Best Airline" award four times, more than any other airline.