Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - Hkg-bkk-ath

anyone heard about this rumour ?

AS IF!

I cannot wait for the LHR-JFK before this. As if there will be LOADS of HK people going to ATH now!

anyone heard about this rumour ?

Are you sure it's not HKG-ATH?

i guess it'll soon go the way of HKG - IST...

Just want to know when CX did operate the IST route, what aircraft did they use?

Just want to know when CX did operate the IST route, what aircraft did they use?

A340-300; I think it went twice weekly.

and why are you asking this, gear down ??? you are the insider. :confused:

I have been lobbying CX to apply for HKG-VIE-XXX. If they fly to ATH first, I will boycott them for a year. :D

mhtaipei, my friend heard this while he was transiting in LHR

and I thought you were put in charge of gauging market response to a proposed new route. seriously: ATH. I would be VERY surprised if this were true.

seriously: ATH. I would be VERY surprised if this were true.

There is a large Greek community in Australia, particularly MEL where they make up a good chunk of the population.

There is a large Greek community in Australia, particularly MEL where they make up a good chunk of the population.

If the frequency is only 2 to 3 times a week, that might be OK. But relying on Greek Australians to fill the plane 7 days a week might be a little hard. CX would also have to justify that there are enough Greeks travelling to Far East and Australia/NZ to warrant this service.

But relying on Greek Australians to fill the plane 7 days a week might be a little hard.

TG is doing very well on BKK-ATH since OA stopped flying to Australia. Not a lot of premium traffic, though.

One would think this would be a logical market for EK and its high-density Y cabins, but their one-stop DXB-ATH 332 doesn't seem to be overly popular.