Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it will add a second daily non-stop service to Jakarta from the start of the winter season in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

Cathay Pacific said the new service operated by a two-class Airbus 330-300 will start Nov. 1.

Cathay Pacific this month has added a third daily service to Los Angeles and will soon operate a fourth daily flight to London as part of its ongoing program to strengthen Hong Kong as a global hub and gateway to the Chinese mainland.

The airline has so far this year launched services to Xiamen and freighter services to Shanghai and added more flights to Amsterdam, Beijing, Denpasar, Frankfurt, Ho Chi Minh City, Johannesburg, Nagoya and Perth. Later this year the airline will inaugurate new freighter services to Atlanta and Dallas.

Cathay Pacific Director Corporate Development Augustus Tang said: "the second non-stop Jakarta service will offer faster, more convenient flight times and attract more passengers wishing to make connections in Hong Kong. It will strengthen our regional network and the Hong Kong hub."

(Xinhua News Agency August 4, 2005)