Going Daily! Cathay to Expand Nonstop DFW Service

‍HONG KONG — Cathay Pacific (CX) has announced it will increase the frequency of its new nonstop Dallas-Fort Worth route from its hub in Hong Kong from four times weekly to daily for the IATA winter season beginning in October.

The flight was launched in April of this year using the carrier’s Airbus A350-1000. It is CX’s longest route and one of the longest globally served by the largest Airbus A350 variant.

Flight CX876 leaves Hong Kong at 16:05 local time, arriving at DFW the next morning at 17:55, a 14-hour flight on average. The return leg, CX875, departs DFW at 22:55 and flies in complete darkness for 16 hours, arriving back home at 04:35.

Cathay’s Senior Vice President of the Americas, Chris Vanden Hooven, stated, “Our daily service will provide even greater convenience for business travelers, families, and cargo shipments moving between North Texas and Asia.”

The two cities are economic powerhouses in their respective regions, while also being major tourist centers. In addition, DFW is the home and primary hub airport of American Airlines (AA), a fellow member of the oneworld Alliance. AA used to serve the route directly from 2014 to 2020 but closed it due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Boeing 787 delivery delays.

Post-pandemic, DFW has welcomed a multitude of new airlines flying non-stop, including Qantas (QF) resuming Sydney (SYD), adding Melbourne (MEL) and Air New Zealand introducing Auckland (AKL), both in 2022, as well as Fiji Airways (FJ) from Nadi (NAN) in 2024 and EVA Air (BR) from Taipei (TPE) just last April alongside Cathay.

Cathay Pacific’s HKG-DFW was covered by our very own Simone Chellini shortly after it launched. His trip report is available on the Airways YouTube channel.

As of June 2025, CX serves 77 destinations with passenger flights in 29 countries globally, with a fleet of 179 widebody and narrowbody aircraft from its hub in Hong Kong International Airport (HKG).