Originally Posted by jkc22
So my question is.....how can CX KNOW at approximately 20mins before departure that 883 is going to need a refuel stop in ICN??? It seems to me it's INTENTIONALLY planned, while the 881 is planned to operate according to schedule.
The head-wind issue is there, but it cannot possibly be THAT different since the two flights are only 2 hours apart......
Any experts/insiders want to comment???
Indeed something is quite fishy about that. If it is TRUE, and CX is INDEED orchestrating this, then they might as well shuffle their timetables and make both flights depart within 20 min of each other if they want to time the flights for connections. They do this for the 2 night HKG-LHR flights, so I don't see why it can't be done.