Cathay Pacific to launch direct Hong Kong-Cape Town flights

Cathay Pacific will launch a direct service between its hub in Hong Kong and Cape Town later this year, according to Times Live.  The year-round service will provide Cape Town with its first non-stop flights to Asia in more than six years. The flights are expected to take about 14 hours. Singapore Airlines – the only Asian airline serving Cape Town at present – has a 13 hour and 55 minute flight via Johannesburg. For more on this story, see an upcoming issue of Tourism Update.