Russia - Moscow - Hong Kong suddenly so popular
toyotaboy95
Mar 26, 10, 8:39 am
The MOW - HKG route is about to get more popular with flights increasing from 4 weekly to 13 weekly during Summer 2010. This is a result of the recent visa waiver between Hong Kong and Russia.
Aeroflot 5 weekly (A330-200) SVO
Hong Kong Airlines 4 weekly (A330-200) SVO from 28Jun10 *1st long-haul route
Cathay Pacific 3 weekly (A340-300) DME from 13Jul10
Transaero 1 weekly (777-200ER) DME from 30Jul10
All are confirmed and seen on GDS.
dcmike
Mar 30, 10, 8:36 pm
From what I've heard anecdotally from friends, the flights have been packed.
toyotaboy95
Mar 31, 10, 6:19 am
From what I've heard anecdotally from friends, the flights have been packed.
It sure was for part of my trip, HKG-SVO and back. But then again, that was during Chinese New Year, when everyone's out..
toyotaboy95
Apr 30, 10, 5:19 am
The CX DME flight has been timed very nicely with the AKL flight and several other destinations. Even O&D pax have excellent timing with both sectors arriving at their respective destinations at around 7:00AM at departing night. The A340-300 used for this route is currently stationed at DME for roughly 11 hours, possibly meaning a future MAN extension (Moscow is not served by MAN nonstop yet) operating during the day - originally supposed to be launched in 2005.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/cathay-pacific-introduce-fastest-service-between-new-zealand-and-moscow/5/43343
From 13Jul2010
CX207 HKG0045 – 0705DME 343 246
CX206 DME1745 – 0700+1HKG 343 246
toyotaboy95
Oct 27, 10, 4:37 am
Apparently, there's still plenty of demand despite a sudden surge in supply (now with CX, HX, SU but UN dropped out) on MOW-HKG in which Aeroflot is going daily with the A332.
http://airlineroute.net/2010/10/27/su-hkg-s11/
travel69
Oct 29, 10, 9:55 pm
higher demand is because hong kong and rusia sign a visa free agreement.