Cathay Pacific Cargo launches flight to Riyadh on 5 January 2021

 Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Cathay Pacific Cargo, the cargo subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways, has launched its first scheduled flight from Hong Kong to Riyadh, the administrative capital of Saudi Arabia, on 5 January 2021 with its B747-400ERF jet.

According to schedules, Cathay Pacific Cargo flight CX2078 leaves Hong Kong for Riyadh at 8.10 am on 5 January, touches down in Riyadh at 1.20 pm before taking off for Hong Kong via Dubai at 3.20 pm under flight CX2079. It transits in Dubai at 6.20 pm before departing from Dubai for Hong Kong at 8.20 pm and arriving in Hong Kong at 7.20 am on 6 January 2021.

Cathay Pacific Cargo flies to Riyadh on Tuesdays only and the Riyadh - Dubai route does not accept cargo shipments bound for Dubai.