Actually there has been no change to security. Australian flights require secondary security at the gate. You didn't need to clear transit security because your flight from Frankfurt was designated by Qatari authorities to be "clean", i.e. Qatar is satisfied that you were screened in Frank...
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Jump to postHi, I'm normally on the civil forums so military is a new venture for me - but I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I am doing a project on military aircraft (in particular fighter jets - the Hawk and the Aermacchi) and I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of an independ...
Jump to postAmused to see that Hainan didn't do much to the CX Business Class on the 346 apart from putting red seat covers on... they even left the bamboo adornment on the bulkhead!
Jump to postGreat report - thanks for sharing. I think you have summed up the new seats across all three classes well! The consensus for the new J seats does seem to be that it's great as a night flight bed, but not that great in a sitting position. Which I suppose contrasts with their previous long-haul J prod...
Jump to postThe boarding pass holder actually acts as a claim receipt/baggage tag - nothing to do with the change to generic boarding pass at all.
Jump to postA nice report... thanks for sharing. Just to clear up some confusion: 1. As already mentioned <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> operate out of T1 in Singapore; and also out of T1 in Hong Kong (confusion compounded by the fact that in <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - ...
Jump to postLuggage is transported in the frontmost car of the Airport Express (sealed off from the rest of the platforms at both city stations and at the airport).
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Jump to postCX crew (by female uniforms) Black jacket and blouse - Inflight service manager (in charge of the plane) Purple jacket and blouse - Senior purser (in charge of a F or J cabin) Red jacket and blouse - Flight purser (in charge of food, serves in F, J, Y) Red jacket and white blouse - Flight attendant ...
Jump to postHaving to ask for the noodles works out as a win-win for everyone: - The passenger can eat when s/he wants to, rather than being dictated by the time the crew does their noodle run, and the noodles won't be soggy by the time they reach the row which you're in - No risk of wastage, ie crew preparing ...
Jump to postOne of the daily <acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AKL</acronym>-HKGs is going 74A for the northern winter 08/09. Most likely to take advantage of the capacity gap in Y created by <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> downgauging their daily 744 to a 77W....
Jump to postThey're taxis... queuing up for airport passengers to take into Hong Kong (or in the case of the green taxis, into the New Territories).
Jump to postBrilliantly written report and a great read - thanks for sharing
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Jump to postThanks for the report. I personally hate the herringbone layout so really dislike the fact that <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> went with it. Having said that - I am not one of those people who have been clamouring for <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">...
Jump to postOnly *one* First Class passenger?! Every time I have flown this flight (SQ861/2) it has been chocker in all premium classes... like Wendy said, I think frequent fliers have clued on to the fact this aircraft not only has the new hard product but the trappings that come with it, like the stylish silv...
Jump to postNew Chitose is a shared military base with the old Chitose airport, perhaps explaining the restriction on photography on the ground.
Jump to postThis was a BRILLIANT report - great mix of photos, prose and dry wit which I simply adore in trip reports. Many thanks for letting us be a part of your journey.
Jump to postFreaking hilarious! Burst out laughing several times and attracted strange looks from my coworkers. A brilliant masterpiece! (including all the not quite <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</acronym> comments that were funny without managing to be outright offen...
Jump to postChina directs traffic in metric rather than feet, so what you see on the airshow is essentially a conversion from a 'round' metric figure, e.g. 8000m.
Jump to postAwesome; these new mideast carriers sound like they are really giving the "traditional" Asian First Class airlines a run for their money. I wish the likes of <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> and Etihad would make their way down to New Zealand (yes to join in the wishful thinking!) and ope...
Jump to postBy BUS? At Auckland??? I am shocked!
Jump to postCX originally planned to launch direct <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> with a "343-light" (8F/60J/remainder Y) but pulled it after 9/11, then put the 346 on the route as sort of a halfhearted measure. <acronym title="Cat...
Jump to postGreat report. Just wondering - why didn't you buy a full OW or full *A RTW ticket, instead of doing bits of it on one alliance and the rest on another?
Jump to postWhat is this extra security screening you mention and why would they be concerned with an inbound flight? Does this happen to a lot of inbound flights?
Jump to postCX HATES being the launch customer for anything!
Jump to postThe IFE control centre on the 340 is located just before 2L, in between the business class cabins... I guess that's where they all disappeared to, maybe to have a tinker with the panel! You took a very interesting route on your CX108 too - normally we do a sort of half arc up to <acronym title="Four...
Jump to postB-HXE has the funny nose cone too? Thanks for the report. I always like reading those which go in and out of my home airport (<acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AKL</acronym>). And the movie must have been "Just Like Heaven" - decent enough interplay, but I personall...
Jump to postJafa - what can I say, I thought I was the only one who sees the RBS logo and thinks "Auckland Airport!" <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="Big grin"> FYI Air <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym> seems to attract heaps and heaps of mainland Chinese pax... wherea...
Jump to postYou are lucky you got the B772, the ICE system isn't fitted on the B773s yet... As for the rego check out <a href="http://www.lhr-lgw.co.uk." target=_blank>www.lhr-lgw.co.uk.</a> Strangely there is no info uploaded for EK5/6 on the 27th Nov but if you wait a while it may pop up under "More info" (wh...
Jump to postIt would have been indeed fascinating if First Class on your return was fully booked given HXH is a two-class aircraft. :p But that is why <acronym title="Skyjet Antigua">XH</acronym> had newer seats than XL (along with XC and <acronym title="Hispania (Spain)">XF</acronym> when they were retrofitted...
Jump to post34" is only on their 744's... since the 734s are just shuttle aircraft, that's the reason for the tight pitch.
And judging from the photos, if you're curious, the "onion-like" vegetable is bok choy.
Pretty stupid to have the flight path channel frozen by a PA on a brand new AVOD system... it surely must be possible to have that keep moving; <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> can do it and their AVOD system has been in use for way longer than <acronym title="Malaysia ...
Jump to postCX is quite liberal with its oneworld lounge access policies: as long as you have the requisite oneworld status and your next onward is on a oneworld carrier, they will generally let you into their lounge. Of course the <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong K...
Jump to postThe airline carrying you will be fined if you show up in Australia without an Electronic Transit Authority, if you are not on an Aussie or NZ passport.
Jump to postThank you NBT that was indeed just me speculating about what <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> COULD do... as opposed to what they're not doing. <img src="/discussions/graphics/smile.gif" ALT="Smile"> I understand <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">C...
Jump to postAgree about the regional product to <acronym title="Perth (PER / YPPH), Australia - Western Australia">PER</acronym>, <acronym title="Dubai - International (DXB / OMDB), United Arab Emirates">DXB</acronym> and <acronym title="Brisbane (- Eagle Farm) (BNE / YBBN), Australia - Queensland">BNE</acronym...
Jump to postPrice of getting the extra flight CX138/9 was downgrading capacity on the CX100/1.
If they had kept the 346 on this run that would have dumped 120 J seats on Sydney - far too much to be sustainable. With a A333/A34C mix that's only 90, a much more sensible number.
Hey Aussie Great report <img src="/discussions/graphics/smile.gif" ALT="Smile"> Don't see many <acronym title="Air China">CA</acronym> ones Flew <acronym title="Air China">CA</acronym> 777 between <acronym title="Shanghai - Pudong International (PVG / ZSPD), China">PVG</acronym> and <acronym t...
Jump to postAKL - pretty well in Y (stellar around school holidays season!), reasonably well on J traffic. AFAIK it wasn't that F loads were *bad*, but that they needed the extra Y capacity more than F was bringing in.
Jump to postThere was a post here a while back that mentioned <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX</acronym> would be converting (back) one of its 34D aircraft into a 34C configuration in 2005. 1. Is this true? If yes: 2. Which aircraft is designated for re-retrofitting? 3. When is same going to...
Jump to postHi all I'm looking for some info about <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym> gate markings. I know their gate positions are assigned a prefix c...
Jump to post"While I agree the AKL terminal is a national disgrace"
Words close and dear to my heart!
I think when they said "no delay" they meant no delay was caused by the ceiling collapse itself. The CX108 ex-<acronym title="Auckland - International (AKL / NZAA), New Zealand">AKL</acronym> 16Dec would've been delayed anyway (ceiling collapse or not) because it left Hong Kong on the night of the 1...
Jump to postI thought SQ ran B777s on their early morning flights into AKL? But SMH is a 744, no?
Jump to postCX828/05Dec went technical while on the ground in Anchorage. The people the OP saw being bussed were probably the pax being ferried back from their hotels for resumption of the <acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska">ANC</acronym>-<acronym title="Toronto - L...
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