Originally Posted by
r2d2
The reason behind is that whenever AY is lacking an A359 they can still operate all the flights by postponing AY99 to the morning.
Thanks for the info! I should've asked this question much much earlier but now that I know, it seems that AY99 must be avoided (if one wants to arrive in HKG in a somewhat timely manner). It's just that AY101 is harder to catch ex- YYZ/JFK. With AY99 I can leave JFK/YYZ late in the evening (w/ BA and connecting in LHR).
Does anyone know if AY planning to (eventually) get a spare A359 to deal with these tech issue? It seems that unless there's a competitor on this route, this is something that AY is not planning to resolve ... like ever?