Cathay Pacific Images of an Airline - Part 1 of 2

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  • Опубликовано: 13 июн 2011
  • From a VHS tape recently rediscovered in a dusty basement - a video made for Cathay Pacific, probably in the late 1980s, by Original Image, the team that would later become the big:group.
    Featuring British radio DJ Graham Dene - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Dene
    And Thames News presenter Sandra Harris -
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Комментарии • 43

  • @gabriel.hongkong
    @gabriel.hongkong 2 года назад +4

    This is so nostalgic

  • @kinjim2698
    @kinjim2698 6 лет назад +13

    Truly the greatest airline of the 80s and 90s

  • @TanRowell
    @TanRowell 2 года назад +11

    2:42 Reservation system known as CUPID stands for Cathay Unisys Passenger Information Display and at the check-in counter called CUPAC Cathay Unisys Passenger Acceptance Control…
    30 years later, Altea suite is the passenger services system (PSS) is a series of critical systems used by many airlines including Cathay Pacific. The PSS usually comprises an airline reservations system, airline inventory system and the same system is also used at the airport check-in counters known as departure control system (DCS).

    • @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214
      @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214 2 года назад +3

      I worked on both CUPID and CUPAC back in the 80/90’s for CX

    • @TanRowell
      @TanRowell Год назад

      @@wokeupandsmellthecoffee214 Wow! from which city you worked before? I used to work at MNLKKCX/MNLKKKA, 12 years ago. It's fun and sometimes there's a pressure (hehehe! it’s part of our daily duty)😊.

  • @mawelsh
    @mawelsh Год назад +3

    2:03 I can't imagine doing that job sans headset.

  • @brettney72
    @brettney72 4 года назад +31

    when cathay pacific were great

    • @marco168888
      @marco168888 2 года назад +6

      I agree! I stopped flying them… the modern HK flight attendant are rude.
      Doesn’t matter what class you fly, service is poor.
      Etihad or Emirates for me now… Stay 2 nights in lay over win win! And business is cheaper

    • @Schrottkralle
      @Schrottkralle 2 года назад +12

      ....when Hong Kong was great!

    • @852twm
      @852twm Год назад +1

      @@marco168888 never had a problem with their service, shame that you've had it though...

  • @musicvideo291
    @musicvideo291 10 лет назад +12

    oh wow, Class J, who ever is checking in is REALLY rich back then.

  • @magmamere
    @magmamere 3 года назад +6

    I was proud of Cathay as a Hongkonger, now the company's best bet is to merge with another lead airline in Asia, Thai for instance.

    • @user-xk3lj7tf6v
      @user-xk3lj7tf6v Год назад

      Thai it's a dead end because Thai when merging will pull to the bottom with it Cahtay pasific

    • @magmamere
      @magmamere Год назад

      @@user-xk3lj7tf6v True indeed, especially with the turmoil and the huge uncertainty in HK's future.

    • @user-xk3lj7tf6v
      @user-xk3lj7tf6v Год назад

      @@magmamere But fortunately, if a new far-sighted leader comes to the airline, then the airline will be waiting for success

  • @jimpaul9110
    @jimpaul9110 3 месяца назад +1

    CUPID/CUPAC. Those r the days

  • @alankoon2105
    @alankoon2105 4 года назад +4

    First generation of airline booking system : Amedus in text interface !

    • @nicholasbenies6456
      @nicholasbenies6456 3 года назад

      Amadeus. Isn't it marvellous. Best regards from Berne BRN.

  • @CaptchaNeon
    @CaptchaNeon 2 года назад

    The very first sound on this video has me saying RIP earbud users

  • @rayngmelb
    @rayngmelb 10 лет назад +16

    It has to be Early 1980s Looking at the Hong Kong Skyline and the fact this is a 747-200 with a flight engineer.

    • @vulc1
      @vulc1 2 года назад

      Why don't you look at computers

    • @uncleken3599
      @uncleken3599 Год назад +1

      @2:23 It has Sep84 on the ticket 😁but then not sure if that was stock clip from before or not……lo
      Also the Hermes uniform was between 83 and 90.

  • @capchemist
    @capchemist 7 лет назад +2

    Love's Theme at 3:12, surprising and bold.

  • @anamariamorena57
    @anamariamorena57 Год назад

    Me pregunto porque España no fabrico mas barcos como el cabo san roque y el cabo san vicente. Yo hice el crucero al.carnaval carioca a bordo del.cabo san roque desde 20 de febrero.al 3 demarzo de.1974,.un viaje.que me hizo muy feliz y no puedo.creer que esta grandiosa nave no exista mas.

  • @lbenitezchavez
    @lbenitezchavez Год назад

    05:08. It's rare to see an approach to Rwy 31 in Kai Tak 🤔

  • @eedenn
    @eedenn 13 лет назад +2

    i wish we still got lobster medallions in business class!

    • @paulsz6194
      @paulsz6194 5 лет назад +1

      You can still get a Lobster Thermidor on Singapore Airlines!

    • @gabriel.hongkong
      @gabriel.hongkong 2 года назад

      @@paulsz6194 Be sure to book it as a special meal on your reservation!

  • @cxa340
    @cxa340 2 года назад

    Hmm, weird never heard of this airline 😂

  • @shannonmalayajones7649
    @shannonmalayajones7649 2 года назад

    Tom Cruise ...privately guardianship for flagships ?!?!!

  • @get1558
    @get1558 2 года назад

    CX 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @glassarthouse
    @glassarthouse 2 года назад

    That cabin color scheme! WOW! People back then thought that was high class?

  • @FletcherFinance
    @FletcherFinance 2 года назад

    Back when HK was part of the UK Empire.

  • @shannonmalayajones7649
    @shannonmalayajones7649 2 года назад +1

    Recovery.... Lighthouse USA/Chinatown towers

  • @shannonmalayajones7649
    @shannonmalayajones7649 2 года назад

    Himalayas mt mayburg parts

  • @realjohnboxall
    @realjohnboxall 2 года назад +1

    Glory to Hong Kong!

  • @tiadaid
    @tiadaid 3 года назад

    Don't they have headsets for phones in the late 1980s so that the telephone operators won't need to cradle the receiver on their shoulders?

    • @garricksl
      @garricksl 3 года назад

      No. Hong Kong was not tech-savvy but a business-oriented town; Japan was and it will be focused on tech.

  • @vulc1
    @vulc1 2 года назад +4

    5:14 "And finally pilots, the men who are ultimately in charge..."" Don't you love this gendered stereotype of a pilot?