Cathay Pacific airline humiliated after spelling its own name wrong on new passenger plane

The Hong Kong-based carrier’s Boeing 777-367 read "Cathay Paciic" along its length, a mistake picked up by travellers at the Hong Kong International Airport.

The company joked on Twitter: "Oops this special livery won't last long! She's going back to the shop!"

The airline claimed it



was a genuine mistake, although some in the industry questioned this.

An engineer for Haeco, a sister company of the airline, told the South China Morning Post: "The spacing is too on-point for a mishap.”

"There should be a blank gap in between letters if it was a real mistake, I think."