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What we compareCathay DragonAB Airlines
Country in archiveHong KongUnited Kingdom
FoundedMay 24, 19851993
FounderChao Kuang Piu—
HeadquartersHong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong KongLondon Stansted Airport, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Name originDragonair combined the Chinese dragon with the word air. In 2016 Cathay Pacific renamed the airline Cathay Dragon, joining its own name to the existing Dragon element. The sources used do not give a formal explanation of the original name.The sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the AB Airlines name.
HighlightsAirbus A330, Airbus A320, Hong Kong International Airport hub—
Earliest archived brand logo19851993
Latest archived logo20161993
Archived logo assets21

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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