Originally Posted by
JeCCo
For those still yet to be rebooked, according to scmp today -
Cathay Pacific will run one extra flight each to and from Taipei, Bangkok and Singapore and put bigger aircraft on services to Sydney, Tokyo and Osaka.
Dragonair will add a flight each on its routes to and from Shanghai, Qingdao , Sanya and Kaohsiung and fly bigger aircraft to Beijing and Fukuoka.
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/a...ghts-hong-kong
Curious to whether anyone has insight on the potential larger plane to be used for Sydney? A340 or maybe even a 77H?
Rare occasion for anything other than 33G's to be flying down under..
SYD got a 744, operating 138 back at 2155 this evening.
A340's are technically the same size as a 330 - with a different seat config to give about 20 more seats in a 3 class, but less premium heavy, config. Surprisingly, the 77H only has 275 seats, so that would've only given another 33 seats above the 33G normally used as well.
A 77G (340 new seats) probably would've been the best replacement, but CX doesn't have extra 777s lying around like they do the underutilized 747s.