Cathay Pacific has signed an agreement with the Lufthansa Group that will see the airline codeshare on flights operated by Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines to a number of destinations in Europe. Under the agreement, Cathay Pacific will offer 14 new destinations in Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Norway, Italy, Switzerland and Austria and the Lufthansa Group will codeshare on Cathay Pacific services between Hong Kong and Auckland, Cairns, Melbourne and Sydney. Meanwhile, Cathay Pacific's current four-times-weekly service to London Gatwick is to become a daily operation from 1st June. Together with its services to Heathrow, the airline will operate up to six daily non-stop flights between Hong Kong and London – more than any other carrier. Cathay Pacific is also to introduce a new seasonal service between Hong Kong and Christchurch in New Zealand from December 2017, directly linking the two cities by air for the first time. The non-stop Christchurch service will operate three times per week, between 1st December and 28th February 2018, complementing Cathay Pacific's existing seasonal double-daily flights to Auckland.

Christchurch, New Zealand.