Editing Cathay Pacific (section)

===Livery===
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| image1            = Boeing 747-467, Cathay Pacific Airways AN0664170.jpg
| alt1              = C/s 4 + UK flag on tail top
| caption1          = VR-HOR, a 747-400, seen at [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] still wearing the Union Jack in 1993.
| image2            = Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400; VR-HOR@ZRH;08.02.1995 (5216862415).jpg
| alt2              = The same plane without the British flag
| caption2          = The same aircraft with the Union Jack eliminated, taxiing at [[Zurich Airport]] in 1995, two years before the [[Hong Kong handover]].
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[[File:Cathay (1092440196).jpg|thumb|A [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200F]] painted in the 1994–2015 livery at Manchester Aviation Viewing Park. Notice that the aircraft were bare-metal livery instead the original all-white livery with light green cheatline.|198x198px]]{{multiple image
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| image1            = Cathay Pacific B777-300ER (B-KPP) @ LAX, Sept 2017.jpg
| alt1              = B-KPP in LAX
| caption1          = B-KPP, a Boeing 777-300ER, wearing the 1994–2015 livery at [[Los Angeles International Airport]] in 2017.
| image2            = Cathay Pacific B777-300ER (B-KPP) @ HKG, March 2019.jpg
| alt2              = The same plane after its repainting
| caption2          = The aforementioned aircraft in the current 2015 livery landing at [[Hong Kong International Airport]] in 2019.
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From June 1971<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heard |first=Phil |date=19 June 2020 |title=How the Boeing 707 changed the air travel game in Asia |url=https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_HK/inspiration/cathay-stories/boeing-707-changed-air-travel-game-asia.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202205256/https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_HK/inspiration/cathay-stories/boeing-707-changed-air-travel-game-asia.html |archive-date=2 December 2022 |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=Cathay Pacific}}</ref> until November 1994, Cathay Pacific aircraft used a "lettuce leaf sandwich" livery<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pritchard |first=Tim |date=21 January 2018 |title=25 years ago: Cathay Pacific flies to New Zealand |url=https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_US/inspiration/cathay-stories/25-years-ago-cathay-pacific-flies-to-new-zealand.html |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=Cathay Pacific}}</ref> in [[Brunswick green]] and white over bare metal and carried the British flag on the [[empennage]]. After the handover, aircraft carry the [[Brand Hong Kong]] logo and with ''HONG KONG'' or in Chinese ''香港'' under or beside the [[Brand Hong Kong]] logo instead of using the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) flag. The HKSAR flag has never appeared on any aircraft.

All Cathay Pacific aircraft carry the following livery, logos and trademarks: the "Brushwing" livery on the body and the [[vertical stabiliser]], introduced in the early 1990s, and was first deployed on a Boeing 747–400 (VR-HOT, later re-registered as B-HOT), ahead of the launch of [[Airbus A340]] service for Cathay Pacific. It also features the "Asia's world city" brandline, the [[Brand Hong Kong]] logotype and the dragon symbol; the [[Oneworld]] logo and the [[Swire Group]] logo.<ref name="Changeofimage">{{cite web|url=https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_HK/about-us/about-our-airline/history.html|title=History – A Change of Image|publisher=Cathay Pacific|access-date=23 December 2016|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301080006/https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_HK/about-us/about-our-airline/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=brandhk>{{cite web|title=Brand Overview – Background to Brand Hong Kong |url=http://www.brandhk.gov.hk/brandhk/en/view.htm |work=[[Brand Hong Kong]] |publisher=[[Government of Hong Kong]] |date=August 2007 |access-date=4 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527013457/http://www.brandhk.gov.hk/brandhk/en/view.htm |archive-date=27 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Primary Signature|url=http://www.brandhk.gov.hk/brandhk/guidelines2003/eng/p4.pdf|work=[[Brand Hong Kong]]|publisher=[[Government of Hong Kong]]|date=February 2003|access-date=4 July 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070129064333/http://www.brandhk.gov.hk/brandhk/guidelines2003/eng/p4.pdf |archive-date = 29 January 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> For most aircraft, the fuselage were all-white livery with a light green cheatline under cabin windows, but for some Cathay Pacific Cargo aircraft, especially [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200F]], they were bare-metal livery instead.

The brushwing logo consists of a calligraphic stroke against a green background; the stroke is intended to appear like the wing of a bird. The previous logo, consisting of green and white stripes, was in place from the early 1970s until 1994.<ref name="Brushwingu">"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=25oWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4869,1847197 Cathay Pacific takes to the sky with new logo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005201325/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=25oWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4869,1847197 |date=5 October 2018 }}." ''[[New Sunday Times]]''. 15 September 1994. Page 18. Retrieved from [[Google News]] (10 of 51) on 9 December 2011.</ref>

On November 1, 2015, the airline revealed a refreshed version of its previous livery, featuring a simpler paint scheme while maintaining its trademark brushwing on an all-green tail.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boicos|first1=Dane|title=Cathay Pacific's New Livery|url=http://journeypro.net/cathay-pacifics-new-livery/|website=Journey Pro|access-date=23 December 2016|date=3 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502172900/http://journeypro.net/cathay-pacifics-new-livery/|archive-date=2 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was first unveiled on a [[Boeing 777-300ER]] (B-KPM), in preparation for the delivery of the first [[Airbus A350]] for Cathay Pacific. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in June 2020 amidst the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and returned to its lessor in September 2021 at the expiration of its lease.<ref>[http://downloads.cathaypacific.com/cx/press/cxw/pdf/CXW235.pdf LIVERY LAUNCH: A new era for the airline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210142817/http://downloads.cathaypacific.com/cx/press/cxw/pdf/CXW235.pdf |date=10 December 2020 }}. Cathay Pacific.</ref> The second aircraft was a freighter aircraft, [[Boeing 747-400ERF]] (B-LIA). Repainting was completed in November 2024.

On June 18, 2023, Cathay Pacific updated its freighter livery, which replaced the "Cathay Pacific Cargo" text with the larger "Cathay Cargo" text, as part of Cathay Pacific's rebranding. It was first unveiled on a [[Boeing 747-8F]] (B-LJN).<ref>{{cite news |author1=張佩芬 |title=國泰貨運重塑品牌 推出一系列升級方案客戶帶來驚喜 原文網址: 國泰貨運重塑品牌 推出一系列升級方案客戶帶來驚喜 |url=https://finance.ettoday.net/news/2446791#ixzz7u9gw5VGV |accessdate=2023-02-23 |work=ETtoday財經雲 |date=2023-02-23 |archive-date=2023-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223153958/https://finance.ettoday.net/news/2446791#ixzz7u9gw5VGV |url-status=live }}</ref> An [[Airbus A330-300]] (B-HLV) was the last remaining aircraft that had the classic "Brushwing" livery until it was repainted in November 2024.