Cathay Pacific fleet

In June 1997, a Boeing 747-200 (VR-HIB, later B-HIB) named Spirit of Hong Kong, was painted with a special livery, a big traditional Chinese brushstroke character "家" (means family/home), a slogan in traditional Chinese "繁榮進步 更創新高" painted on the left side of the aircraft and a slogan, "The Spirit of Hong Kong 97", painted on the right side of the aircraft, to commemorate the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China.

[15] On 17 January 2000, Spirit of Hong Kong made a return on a Boeing 747-400 (B-HOX) to celebrate the legendary resilience of Hong Kong, with a new special livery depicting a young athlete overcoming a series of challenges to reach his goal.

The livery is the result of an online contest held by Cathay Pacific to call on Hong Kong people to submit creative entries that illustrate the true spirit of the city, along with a full-body photograph of themselves.

[20] In November 2011, Cathay Pacific received its second 747-8 freighter (B-LJA), which was painted in the Hong Kong Trader livery.

[citation needed] Several Cathay Pacific aircraft have been painted in the Oneworld livery, the first to commemorate the alliance's 10th anniversary.

[21][22] The latter aircraft was withdrawn from service in June 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to its lessor in August 2021 at the expiration of its lease.

Five Boeing 777-300ERs (B-KPD, B-KQI, B-KQL, B-KQM & B-KQN) then received the Oneworld livery under the revised Cathay Pacific livery in March, April, September, December 2019 and January 2020, respectively, in celebration of the alliance's 20th anniversary in March 2019.

The first two aircraft were two World War II surplus Douglas DC-3s, named Betsy and Niki.

Betsy (registration VR-HDB), the first aircraft for Cathay Pacific, is now a permanent exhibit in the Hong Kong Science Museum.

This aircraft is now on public view in the car park outside the Flight Training Center of Cathay City.