On January 23, Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it will increase the number of flights it offers to three key destinations - Paris, Shanghai and Jakarta - in response to sustained customer demand. The service enhancements will be introduced in the airline's summer schedule, which comes into effect on March 29, 2009.

An additional four flights a week will be added to and from Paris - departing Hong Kong every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday - meaning the airline will provide a double-daily service to the French capital.

In another change effective from the summer schedule, Cathay Pacific will add two more flights each day to Shanghai's Pudong International Airport, with early- and late-afternoon departures from Hong Kong, taking the airline's total to three flights daily.

For Jakarta, the existing twice-daily service from Hong Kong will be supplemented by three more flights a week, departing on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays and departing from the Indonesian capital late the same day.

Cathay Pacific Director Corporate Development Ian Shiu said: "We are pleased to be able to strengthen our services to these three cities and I'm sure passengers will appreciate the additional choice and increased convenience when planning their journeys. Overall, Cathay Pacific's capacity will grow at less than 1% this year - a significant reduction on our original plan as a result of the current financial crisis - but we will take whatever opportunities we can to strengthen those routes where demand and revenue potential remain high."

Details of the service enhancements are as follows:

Hong Kong - Paris - Hong Kong

Hong Kong - Jarkata - Hong Kong

Hong Kong - Shanghai - Hong Kong