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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 8:26 am
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Originally Posted by aSWUplz
I've done this a few times in F. Crew on this route are usually CX 'Intl crew', mainly HK Males with Thai females. Excellent service and great Champagne (Krug).

CX253 is usually a 744 which has the newer F Suites (much better than the airbus or 777). IFE will be great (except for the commercials on the moving map - which you still get in F and J).

Food on CX is mediocre at best, but very well presented.
Thanks for the post, but it's just a bit vague and contains slightly inaccurate info. To clarify a bit, as pointed out by someone else the suites are identical on the 777 and 747. Further, the "airbus" you mention actually doesn't have F anymore. Our FAQ details this. I might would also add that the WESTERN Food on CX F is mediocre at best and has gone downhill, but the Chinese selections and soups can be excellent. Finally, I have not flown on CX253 in almost a year, but given my experience flying CX I also must doubt that CX staffs "HK males and Thai females" on this flight. My understanding is, notwithstanding certain language capabilities (Japanese, Korean etc) and outport-based crews, CX FAs can fly on most any route they're rated to fly that specific aircraft on. They then trade around slots with one another based on days/routes they want. But it's a little far-fetched to think that, either from some stroke of luck or intention that CX has Thai female FAs for LHR and HK males on CX253. CX F FAs are very intl as you point out (where as the younger ones in J and Y seem to be mainly from HK), but alas I have never seen racial types per flight as mentioned. On recent F flights to North America I have seen a consistent mix of HK, Korean, Phillippinos, Malaysian, Japanese and Thai. I can't speak for CX253, but I would suspect it is the same.
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