Apparently feeling jealous that hotel companies were getting all the attention for useless iPhone apps, Cathay Pacific is getting into the mix with their own mobile products. Since they already had an iPhone app for booking travel, they're expanding to Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices, insisting that "the airline [is] one of the industry leaders in offering mobile services to users of smart phones."

We suppose an airline application might be a little more justified than a hotel app. Flying involves time-sensitive things like monitoring and checking into flights, while hotels pretty much just sit there and wait for you. But there are already convergence apps that include flight status checks and all the airline-specific stuff already exists on m.cathaypacific.com anyway, and you can't print your boarding pass from your phone anyways. ]]> Omri 2009-09-24T12:23:48-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/14/2421/19334

Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific has a great reputation for a few reasons: an amazing Studio CX in-flight entertainment system, flight attendants who keep their cool even on a 15-hour direct flight from JFK to HKG, and free in-flight all-you-can-eat ramen noodles (as recently sampled by us). But little did we know that they'll also give you a free diaper kit if you're traveling with an infant.

The news comes via Cathay's Twitter, and we did some digging to discover just how much of a bundle your bundle of joy will be receiving. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-09-14T10:23:52-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/7/8/125012/4472

In what was probably both the best and worst assignment of a journalist's career, the Times UK looked at in-flight meal service this weekend, and aside from tasting a slew of flash-frozen meals, they actually came out of it stomachache-free and with a winner.

First, however, they discuss approaches to the cuisine for major airlines like Singapore, who still believe flying to a special occasion and thus the "economy dining experience is specifically constructed to suggest dinner in a posh restaurant," and Virgin Atlantic, who go the opposite route with comfort food, or "the sort of wholesome naughtiness you might eat curled up on the sofa with a good film." ]]> JetSetCD 2009-07-08T15:29:18-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/5/12/53539/3270

Do you still enjoy the feel of a glossy mag when it comes to feeding your travel daydreams? One of our favorite airlines, Cathay Pacific, obviously agrees because they've set up a partnership with Travel + Leisure. The tempting deal, to throw in a free one-year subscription to T+L for every traveler who books a flight online through Cathay Pacific's US website, is like getting a gift with purchase.

Now we're definitely fans of Cathay, and sure don't mind T&L either, but we're not 100% sure that a free mag would be a deciding factor for making an airline booking these days. The fine print states that the deal gives you 12 issues of T+L valued at $12 each, so that's $144.

In the meantime we're thinking, hey—there's a financial crisis going on here, wouldn't we like to pocket at least a hundred bucks of that instead, and just get our travel tips and info online?

Anyhow, if you find yourself having to book a ticket anyways, then be sure to book before June 20 for the subscription deal. Unfortunately it's only available for those in the United States or Canada, not to mention that the flight you book must depart from this hemisphere too.

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· Travel + Leisure Coverage [Jaunted]
· Cathay Pacific Coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: superciliousness] ]]> amandak 2009-05-12T12:16:53-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/4/23/8338/94051

Flights from Toronto to Hong Kong are definitely pretty long, and we totally understand if passengers get bored after watching some awful in-flight movies. Just don't do what one couple aboard a Cathay Pacific flight did; they decided to find some entertainment in the crew rest area. After seeing people getting cuddly with on another in the first-class cabin, the lead flight attendant invited the couple to the rest area so they could finish what they started. ]]> kjb 2009-04-23T09:31:43-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/3/9/13129/31551

Admit it: you've seen it, laughed at it and passed it along to friends too. The cell phone video of the Hong Kong Cathay Pacific passenger who, having just missed her flight, falls into shrieking hysterics at the gate, has spent the last few weeks taking YouTube by storm and making the viral video rounds. It has actually garnered enough attention, as internet tumbleweeds go, to warrant a formal apology to the passenger from Cathay Pacific. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-03-09T15:26:02-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/2/9/145126/1339

It was only two weeks ago that we took our own advice and booked the Hong Kong direct from New York-JFK on Cathay Pacific for a grand total of $795. It isn't our first time and it definitely won't be our last, but this flight begins a whole new chapter for us in terms of which airlines we'll choose in the future, because you see, Cathay Pacific gave us all the free Ramen noodles we could eat. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-02-09T16:11:02-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/