Originally Posted by
schley
I have never taken this and looked on the turbojet website which has a lot of information but I admit confusion.
I'm arriving HKG 11/3 at 7 pm and want to get to Macau that night. I see there is a ferry that leaves from the airport to Macau, but not as frequently.I think the next one is 8:20 pm, then 10 pm.
I would like the smooth ride jetfoil or foilcat as those I have read have the smoothest ride. Some questions:
1. Are there any jetfoil or foilcat's that leave HKG?
2. How do you know what are jetfoil and foilcat operated times from the website?
3. Is the class of service as follows: economy, super, premier grand class, vip cabin? Are all these classes available on all boats? I assume not.
Thanks.
For TurboJET, they primarily operate Cataramans for their Airport Routes, since these have the capacity. In this case since you're after the smooth ride, you have to head over to the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal in Hong Kong Island. To get there, take the CityBus Route A11 and leave the bus at the first stop after the Western Harbour Crossing Tunnel. But it's not really worth the extra savings in costs, since it does take up a lot of extra time to go into the city and you have to clear HK Immigration, which you can by-pass with the HKG Skypier.
There's no fixed schedules to which vessel operates on a particular sailing, except for the Premier Jetfoil, which is strictly that.
For the class division, all sailings operate with the Economy Class, Super Class and the VIP Cabin (4 or 6 seats, depending on the vessel).
The VIP cabin is not offered for the routes that operate in and out of HK International Airport, even though the operating vessels do have the VIP cabin in it.
The Premier Grand Class & Premier VIP Cabin is exclusive to the Premier Jetfoil. For information:
http://www.turbojet.com.hk/eng/premier/premier.asp
You can also read my trip report with regards to my experiences in the Premier Grand Class here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...oil-macau.html