19. (1999) There’s only one way to get from Manchester, England to Cairns, Australia using the same airline all the way through – no codeshares. The first flight will make one enroute stop to the connection city followed by a nonstop flight into Cairns. Identify the airline, the enroute stop to the connection city, the connection city and the two aircraft types involved.
If the 744 wasn't on HKG-CNS, it must have been on MAN-HKG, with the stop in CDG if it wasn't AMS.
So - 744 MAN-CDG-HKG. 777-200 (non-ER) HKG-CNS
Now we're cookin'! But we haven't completed the meal just yet.
Cathay did indeed employ its 747-400 between Manchester and Hong Kong via Paris (CDG). However, we're looking for a different aircraft type between Hong Kong and CNS.
Ah... this brings back memories. The last time I flew out of Cairns was in 1987 aboard an Ansett 727-277. The new domestic terminal had recently opened and featured blissful air-conditioning (or "egg nishning" as the 'Strines called it
) and jetways t was quite an improvement over the humble but hot and humid facility that previously served CNS.