Originally Posted by
jerrywu
Yes, indeed 51 DM's. That was confirmed by CX ground staff. These DM's are the merchandisers, traveling to Seoul, shop their night through at Dongdaemun (if I were not mistaken), pack their harvest, and head for airport, CX421, then, another elite heavy flight. This takes place every week. More GO's generate enough frequencies into DM's given 52-week a year, hitting 80 flights there only matter of time.
I have heard about these merchadisers from ISM before. However, in Sep I took CX420 on a Fri and CX421 on the following Wed myself and the loading were both super light. Only 7 pax outbound and 9 pax inbound and I was the only DM onboard in J.
Number of DM + GOs on a flight really depends on the routes. Shorthaul I am sure PVG/SHA/SIN would easily be the top 3 elite heavy routes and longhaul probably LHR/JFK. I flew with KA to SHA last year (A330) and the ISM told me half of the plane are SL/GO/DM...
