Cathay Pacific offers the only direct flight from Texas to Hong Kong.
And I was lucky enough to snag a seat.
The U.S. market is very important to us.
An airplane screen reading “Hong Kong” on Cathay Pacific’s newest flight from Dallas.Credit:Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure
Lavinia Lau, Cathay’s chief commercial officer, toldTravel + Leisure.
Texas is booming, so commercially, it makes a lot of sense.
(Spoiler: it lived up to my high expectations.)
Business class seat on Cathay Pacific’s Airbus 350-1000.Taylor McIntyre/Travel + Leisure
The lounge is large, equipped with ample seating, a fresh food buffet, and a self-serve bar.
Shortly after the festivities, I boarded the Airbus A350-1000.
The suite also had a little cubby and discreet shelves around the cubicle to store my personal things.
Cathay has an impressive culinary line-up with Hong Kong classics like shrimp wonton soup and its passenger-favorite burger.
(Cathay Pacific partners with famous Hong Kong restaurantsLouiseandDuddel’sto cater the HKG-to-DFW leg.)
I was also impressed by the amount of entertainment available on the flight.
(Cathay has won an award from airline rating company Skytrax for best inflight entertainment.)
I found the bed quite comfortable and easy to adjust to my preferred position.
The Dallas-to-Hong Kong route flies four times a week with plans to increase the route to a daily service.
But Cathay Pacific isnt stopping there.
Dallas to us is not just Dallas.
This is the perfect gateway for us.
