airlittoralguy From France, joined Nov 2005, 226 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 months 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 2384 times:
Hi everyone.
I have read here and there that Cathay Pacific used to fly from Hong Kong to Stockholm ARN and Istanbul IST at the end of the nineties / in the early 2000's.
I have tried to find the schedule for these flights but could not gather any information.
I would like to know if someone who had the schedule for these flights could post it here.
Also is there any plan / chance for Cathay pacific to relaunch these services ? Especially to IST which seems to have quite good economics at this time.
As far as returning to Istanbul, I suppose anything is possible, however CX would have to rely on O&D demand as it would not be able to garner feed from TK since they are in different alliances.
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gardermoen From Australia, joined Jul 1999, 1518 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (3 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1606 times:
I'm quite certain ARN was also served with the A340, via FRA.
I think the plan was to eventually serve ARN non-stop but the route got the chop before it happened. ARN commenced in late 1994 and ended in either 1996 or 1997.
Tristarsteve From Sweden, joined Nov 2005, 3690 posts, RR: 34 Reply 5, posted (3 months 3 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1419 times:
Quoting gardermoen (Reply 4): I'm quite certain ARN was also served with the A340, via FRA.
Never heard that. The problem with the ARN tag was that the FRA-HKG flight was popular, and there were few seats left for the ARN pax. It never filled up, and 40 pax was common.
boun From Turkey, joined Nov 2012, 15 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 months 3 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1321 times:
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 2): As far as returning to Istanbul, I suppose anything is possible, however CX would have to rely on O&D demand as it would not be able to garner feed from TK since they are in different alliances.
I recall that CX was ready to serve IST once again given the right to operate on a HKG-DXB-IST basis. However it wasn't able to because SQ and MH had been using DXB as a stopover on their IST flights (not anymore).
ARN From Sweden, joined Feb 2001, 253 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1288 times:
ARN was served thrice weekly, only with 744s, with a stop at FRA. CX stated that nonstop flights were to be inaugurated with 343s but those were never materialized.
It is a pity that nonstop flights never came since OW-member AY had a decent hub at ARN in the late 90s. There were not only flights to different Finnish cities, as of today, but also to MAN, DUS, BGO, CDG (I think) and two or three more destinations in Europe outside of The Nordic countries.
cx flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6341 posts, RR: 56 Reply 10, posted (3 months 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 656 times:
Quoting LAXintl (Reply 2): Istanbul was launched in August 1998 and ran until November 2011
IST was stopped a lot long before 2011! maybe you mean 2001?
IST is in the works again. One of the several destinations to be launched with the A350 when it arrives as profitability is more assured with that aircraft to these next European destinations.
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