Originally Posted by
Sheun
It’s good news. Can’t wait to try it out on my next return.
Starting from September they’ll also introduce new hard-products on the route too (new J, Y+ and new Y). They’ll operate with 77H and 34B, no more 747. So all possible hard products combination on the route: F, Old and new J, Y+, Old and new Y.
They advertise the “Economie Premium” with flights from September on CX French website.
Unsurprisingly, they seem to sell J a bit more expensive if you want to select the 77H flights.
The 34B will sit in CDG for 13 hours before flying back, so CX obviously doesn’t need that frame much.
They’re finally getting it serious against AF (12 weekly for the winter ; 10-across in their 777 Y). And no more via-AMS second daily which always seemed to me like a temporary fix.
CX CDG lounge is currently subcontracted to Air Tahiti Nui (CDG-LAX-PPT) which departs just a bit earlier than CX260. Lucky for those passengers as well should they continue the contract.
I think that AF is down to 10 weekly in winter (starting end October). They have old F seats, awful angled lie-flat in J and 10 across in Y. No match to CX once they replace their mediocre non-reclining shell seats in Y. CX needed an evening flight (CX279) from CDG to compete with AF. A bit strange that CX278 from HKG is not a day flight like AF second flight, but that leaves time for maintenance in CDG.