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- On 19 January, Dragonair launched a thrice-weekly passenger service
to Busan.
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- In January, Dragonair announced it flew a record number of passengers
and carried a record amount of freight in 2006. The number of passengers
totaled 5,568,508, while total cargo volume was 395,384 tonnes.
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- On 31 January, Dragonair took delivery of the second of five new 747-400
Boeing Converted Freighters.
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- On 9 March, Dragonair was named the recipient of the Silver award
in the Food or Beverage category of the 2006 Mercury Award, bestowed
by the International Travel Catering Association.
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- On June 22, Dragonair launched Dragonair Aviation Certificate Programme
2007.
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- In June, Three of Dragonair's Airbus A330 aircraft featured the official
logo to mark the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region.
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- In June, Dragonair was appointed as the Official Carrier for the "Pride
of China: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy of the Jin,
Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties from the Palace Museum" exhibition, taking
up the role of transporting world-acclaimed masterpieces of Chinese
art from Beijing to Hong Kong.
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- In July 1, Dragonair's Busan service becomes daily.
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- In July, Dragonair was voted Best Airline - China for sixth consecutive
year in the international Skytrax passenger survey.
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- In July, Dragonair was named a winner in the Yahoo!Emotive Brand Award
2006-2007 airline category for second consecutive year and the Top 7
Emotive Brand Award for the first time.
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- On August 1, Dragonair launched daily passenger services to Chongqing
and Xian, while services to Fuzhou were double to 14 a week.
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- On 28 October, Dragonair launched a daily service to Fukuoka and three-times
weekly flights to Sendai.
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- On 28 October, Dragonair launched charter services to Taichung.
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- In October, donations to Dragonair's Change for Conservation inflight
charity programme surpassed HK$6 million, with the funds being used
to benefit projects by The Nature Conservancy in China' s Yunnan province.
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- On November 1, Dragonair became the affiliate member of oneworldR,
the leading quality global airline alliance.
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- On December 2, Dragonair launched a fourth-weekly service to Kathmandu.
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- On December 6, Dragonair was voted 'Top Airline for Potential Value'
at the 2007 World Traveller Awards.
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- On December 14, Dragonair is voted 'Best Airline (China)' in the TravelWeeklyChina
2007 Industry Awards.
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