The Airline: Dragon Air

Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (T: 港龍航空有限公司, S: 港龙航空有限公司, Cantonese: gong2 lung4 hong4 hung1 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1, Pinyin: Gǎng​lóng​ Háng​kōng Yǒu​xiàn​gōng​sī), operating as Dragonair, is an international airline and flag carrier headquartered in Hong Kong; with its corporate headquarters, Dragonair House (港龍大厦, 港龙大厦, C: gong2 lung4 daai6 haa6, Pinyin: Gǎnglóng Dàshà), and main hub at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline operates a scheduled passenger network to 32 destinations in 12 countries and territories across Asia, including codeshares. It has an all Airbus fleet of 31 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 2009, Dragonair, together with its parent, Cathay Pacific, operated over 56,000 flights, carried nearly 25 million passengers and over 1.52 billion kg of cargo and mail.

Chinese description below:


港龍航空有限公司是香港一所國際航空公司，以香港國際機場作為樞紐。港龍航空每星期提供約400班航班，客運航點包括亞洲各地，以中國大陸為主要市場。港龍航空於2007年11月1日加入寰宇一家。

港龍航空是國泰航空的全資附屬公司，與國泰航空同為香港的載旗航空公司，總辦事處位於香港大嶼山香港國際機場東輝路11號港龍大廈（於2000年6月26日落成啟用），而制服洗濯部門則位於屯門市區，同時設有一個設備完善的飛行訓練中心。港龍同時擁有五間附屬公司的控股權，營運各領域的航空業務；港龍航空使用國泰航空之馬可孛羅會及亞洲萬里通為其飛行常客獎勵計劃。排除已經結束經營的舊香港航空，港龍航空是香港第二所提供民航服務的航空公司。