Originally Posted by jkc22
It seems that CX has been "intentionally" making the earlier LAX-HKG flight CX 883 to stop in ICN while the later CX 881 arrives "on time" in HKG. I wonder if it is because by delaying 883 the plane will still make it into HKG before 9:00AM and technically still sufficient for those passengers on board to make connections to SE Asia, while the 881 flight leave no such "cushion."
Perhaps CX loads more passengers (and more importantly, cargo) onto the 883 flight so that the 881 flight can make it to HKG w/o a stop......
Anyone familiar with CX operations can confirm this?
It seems rather odd that for a period of 3 days 883 has stopped in ICN while 881 arrived on time.....
That is odd, you may be on to something here. On the extra long 881 leg that I mentioned in the earlier post, I do recall the pilot making a pre-departure announcement along the lines of we have unloaded all "unneccessary" cargo and taken on as much fuel as we can (trip computer at that point was showing stop in Taipei - including on PTV screens... although we made it w/o stopping) perhaps they shoved it all onto 883.
We should keep monitering this and see if there is a pattern, in which case the answer to the OP question would be to take the later flight!