Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (Cathay Dragon) (Chinese: 港龍航空有限公司), operating as
Dragonair and now rebranded as
Cathay Dragon, is a Hong Kong-based international
regional airline, with its corporate headquarters, Dragonair House, and
main hub at
Hong Kong International Airport. As of 30 October 2013, the airline operates a scheduled
passenger network to 44 destinations in 13 countries and
territories across Asia. Additionally, the airline has 3
codeshares on routes which are served by partner airlines. It has an all
Airbus fleet of 41 aircraft, consisting of
A320s,
A321s and
A330s. Dragonair is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong's
flag carrier,
Cathay Pacific, and is an affiliate member of the
Oneworld airline alliance. The airline was founded on 24 May 1985 by
Chao Kuang Piu, the airline's present honorary chairman. Its maiden flight departed Hong Kong for
Kota Kinabalu,
Malaysia after being granted an
air operator's certificate (AOC) by the
Hong Kong Government in July 1985. In 2010, Dragonair, together with its parent,
Cathay Pacific, operated over 138,000 flights, carried nearly 27 million passengers and over 1.80 billion kg of cargo and mail.