Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - Connection time for SYD-HKG-FCO

I am planning to book SYD-HKG on CX 100 connecting to CX 293 HKG-FCO in mid October (business class).

Arrival of CX 100 is 10:20pm with departure of CX 293 at 12:05 am. Is 105 minutes sufficient time for connection? I assume that since I will be in transit, I will not have to go through security. Is this correct?

Thanks

Masses of time. MCT at HKG for CX-CX is 45 minutes.

You will have to go through a transit security, but that takes a few seconds. HKG is a very efficient airport.

... I assume that since I will be in transit, I will not have to go through security. Is this correct?

Thanks

Funny, isn't it , that it's always and only the US residents that ever ask this question....

International - international transits elsewhere in the known world, you do not need to go through immigration/customs.

CX schedules a lot of their flights with connections in mind. All night flights bound from Australia and New Zealand (Btw 8pm-10:30pm) can connect to European flights within a few hours (11:30pm-00:30am). And Minimum transit time between btw 45-50 min. Comparing HK and US Airports, the ironyis that airport taxes imposed by the US on air fares can often be 4 times as much as Hong Kong, but HK is a much better/efficient airport to be traveling to.

Funny, isn't it , that it's always and only the US residents that ever ask this question....

International - international transits elsewhere in the known world, you do not need to go through immigration/customs.

In fairness to the OP he did ask if he needed to pass through security not customs. Which he will have to do.

In fairness to the OP he did ask if he needed to pass through security not customs. Which he will have to do.And the HKG transit security check may cease to be so fast and hassle-free after March 21, 2007, when the new HKG restrictions on liquids in hand baggage kick in. If strictly enforced it would confiscate the J/F amenity kits from the inbound SYD-HKG flight, for example; but I rather suspect HKG will be much more reasonable and efficient than that.

If strictly enforced it would confiscate the J/F amenity kits from the inbound SYD-HKG flight, .

Since when do CX provide more than 100mls of liquid in the amenity pack? I guess u cannot leave the pack unopened now.

However I must say things do get sneak through, I was at LGW the other day and I forgot to put my mini toothpaste into the plastic bag ( it is in my toiletry bag. They didn't even mention anything at security.

Since when do CX provide more than 100mls of liquid in the amenity pack? I guess u cannot leave the pack unopened now.

However I must say things do get sneak through, I was at LGW the other day and I forgot to put my mini toothpaste into the plastic bag ( it is in my toiletry bag. They didn't even mention anything at security.Technically the 100ml items must all be inside a 1L plastic bag. So you would have to take the liquids out of the amenity kit and put them into the 1L ziploc bag that you brought with you. Some airports actually do confiscate if not in that 1L bag. Since this starts 2 weeks from now, nobody knows what HKG will be doing, but it is just one more thing to watch out for. I'm sure the transit security check will be less pleasant than in the past, but still better than at 99% of the airports.

And, of course, the scanners have absolutely no way to determine whether something is liquid or solid from an x-ray. As in some other places (even London recently) I suspect that having liquids in less than 100ml and being able to extract them efficiently on demand will be sufficient.

In fairness to the OP he did ask if he needed to pass through security not customs. Which he will have to do.

Thanks to you and christep for your answers.

Funny, isn't it , that it's always and only the US residents that ever ask this question....

International - international transits elsewhere in the known world, you do not need to go through immigration/customs.

Sorry to be an uninformed American....

And, of course, the scanners have absolutely no way to determine whether something is liquid or solid from an x-ray. ...I thought that, too, but the latest generation of scanners use colour to indicate chemical composition and highlight the programmed "threat" areas. Quite impressive. They can even distinguish between water and other liquids. There is even a chinese connection: one of the systems was developed by a chinese company and is supposedly being installed in all chinese airports; maybe including HKG SAR. http://www.nuctech.com/en/MediaHub/viewnews.php?type=trend&id=41