Cathay Pacific Airways hosts the child stars of Slumdog Millionaire

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Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Azharuddin Mohammed Sheikh and Rubina Qureshi, the three child stars of the Oscar winning movie, Slumdog Millionaire travelled on Cathay Pacific Airways for a charity fund raising event in Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific Airways sponsored the tickets, which is in keeping with Cathay Pacific’s continuous efforts in working with charitable organisations to support their causes.

Tom Wright, General Manager – India, M.E, Africa & Pakistan, say, “At Cathay Pacific and Dragonair we believe that a responsible business has strong ties to the communities it serves. As a good corporate citizen, we are committed to contributing to the community wherever possible. Hong Kong is our home and we are committed to making sure we make a real contribution to local communities through our charitable giving.”

About Cathay Pacific Airways (India)
Cathay Pacific Airways is a Hong Kong-based airline offering scheduled passenger and cargo services to 118 destinations in 37 countries and territories. The award-winning airline flies to Asia, North America, Australasia, Europe and Africa.

The airline has been present in India for over 55 years. It currently operates through offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai & Bengaluru with it’s sister airline Dragonair. Cathay Pacific offers double daily services from Delhi to Hong Kong and ten flights a week from Mumbai to Hong Kong. From Mumbai, Cathay Pacific also flies seven flights a week to Dubai. The aircraft deployed on the Delhi and Chennai routes is the Airbus A330-300 & on the Mumbai routes a mix of aircraft with the Boeing 777-300 and Airbus A330-300. On routes to Bengaluru, our sister airline Dragonair operates the Airbus A330-300 series aircraft.

Cathay Pacific Airways also has a freighter network of 31 destinations with 9 flights from Mumbai, 7 from Delhi and 4 from Chennai.