Originally Posted by
Sopwith
I think the explanation for this is fairly straightforward. When one has been through as many "weather" delays as many of us have, it becomes evident that in this type of situation the thing that matters most to the airline, and in many cases the only thing that matters is where they need the aircraft to be next. This trumps everything, especially the pax who are booked on the current flight. Sucks to be them, as my daughter would say.
In the case at hand, AC needs their a/c in Canada, CX needs theirs somewhere close to HK so they can reposition it quickly.
That's the deal, and passengers couldn't matter less.
Sorry, Andrew, but that's experience talking.
You're wrong in this case. This particular 777 wasn't needed for anything else and that is NOT why the flight is cancelled. Again, outlook for landing in HKG was extremely poor.
And FYI - CX has just annouced that all departures and arrivals after 2pm will be cancelled (until at least 2am on Sat). CX's YYZ-HKG has diverted to ICN so flight will now arrive HKG most likely on Sat morning and AC's rescheduled flight from today is scheduled to arrive on Sat at 1030.