CATHAY PACIFIC EXTENDS STARLIGHT EXPRESS PROMOTION

Cathay Pacific Airways today extended the booking period for its recently launched Starlight Express promotional fares for flights to Taipei and Singapore. Passengers can now book the fares until the end of November. Starlight Express is a promotional fare for flights to Taipei or Singapore available on Cathay Pacific's Website since October. On certain days and flights the round-trip fare to Taipei is an irresistible HK$900, and to Singapore just HK$1,380.

Travel must be booked by 30 November 2000, and the trip completed by 14 December. For bookings and full terms and conditions for this special promotion, customers can visit: www.cathaypacific.com. The trips can only be booked through Cathay Pacific's online booking engine.

The booking engine has recently been enhanced to make it easier to use and to allow passengers to book one-way or multi-segment trips including stopovers. Each user can now book up to six seats at a time and do so as little as three hours before the flight departure. Payment is made by credit card. Users can request their ticket to be sent by mail, issued at the airport, or they can use Cathay Pacific's electronic ticketing service where no paper ticket is required.

The Cathay Pacific Website also features a number of other enhanced features including an improved flight time information service enabling users to access Cathay Pacific's flight schedules anywhere, any time. Users can search for the flight by flight number, route, or airport. Up-to-the-minute information about the flight will be displayed including time of arrival and departure and the latest status.

Travellers and their friends and family can also now have the latest flight information sent directly to their mobile phones or email accounts with the new flight paging feature notiFLY. Users can request notiFLY messages send to them from one to four hours before flight departure. An email or SMS (short message service) will be sent if their flight is diverted, cancelled or delayed by over 30 minutes. The notiFLY service is available to subscribers of most mobile networks.

The revamped Website gives Asia Miles and Marco Polo Club members easier access to membership services. Members can now manage their account from their home, office, hotel, or inflight. Features include mileage checking, updating personal details, redemption, online enrolment, and bidding in online auctions.

The improved Website is just one of the many e-Business initiatives being undertaken by Cathay Pacific as part of its aim to become Asia's leading e-Business airline. The airline has initiatives in areas including passengers, cargo, and procurement, CX team, and future opportunities.