Originally Posted by
Diabeetus
- This was an original 777HD route and has been the bird year round.
- The 777HD on this route has had wifi for some time now, so I don't think it is that.
- The 789 is a 150 seat drop in Y capacity vs the 777HD.
- CX and HK have definitely added a lot more seats to the yvr-hkg route. Perhaps AC is indeed losing in this market.
- AC could possibly be adding another flight to HKG either a 2nd daily ex-YVR or through another city (a long shot would be YUL or YYC).
I haven't flown CX on the YVR-HKG route, but a quick search on Seatguru reveals 9-across in Y on their 77W compared to AC's slaveship. Crowd flying between HKG and YVR/YYZ who are from Hong Kong usually don't think about flying NA-based airlines, and add to the fact that CX Y is more comfortable (seat width and food) than AC Y in HD, I can't say I'm surprised. I am just surprised it took this long.
This likely won't be the first capacity reduction on the TPAC route, YYZ-HKG could be next if AC can't keep up with CX. AC YVR-TPE flights have a horrible OTP record and the Taiwan based crowd still prefer BR/CI over AC.
The moment of truth will be when AC publishes its summer 2019 schedule, then we'll know for sure if the change is permanent.