Sustainability

Cathay Pacific: Paperless Flights Take Off

13  May  2020

In late 2019, all Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon flights began using the digital flight and weather application Flight Folder, which contains pre-flight notes, flight progress reports, as well as real-time navigation, fuel and weather data. Operating alongside Flight Folder is MyFlightWx, an app developed by the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO). It provides crew with weather data including airport weather reports, hazardous weather warnings and HKO’s global turbulence forecast.

The app helps the airlines save 13.4 million kilogrammes of paper weight per year, leading to a reduction of more than 1 million litres of aviation fuel annually. This reduces around 4,000 tonnes of carbon emissions, which is equivalent to over 5,000 trips between Hong Kong and London.

Click HERE to read an interview with James Toye, Line Operations Manager of Cathay Pacific to learn more about the app.