Originally Posted by
csycsycsy
Hello, it appears starting in Jan CX will increase flights to/from MAD to twice
daily weekly (thank you
ernestnywang):
CX315 to MAD Thursdays and Saturdays 0020-0820
CX372 from MAD Saturday and Sundays 1125-0705
Doesn't this require two planes, the first departs "Wednesday night" from HK and arrives Thursday morning in MAD and then sits there waiting. The second departs "Friday night" from HK and arrives Saturday morning in MAD, both planes are in MAD between 0820-1125, the first heads back to HK and the second a day later...1st sits in MAD for two days and 2nd for a day, why not schedule it more "B2B" style?
Things get a bit weird after IATA winter season ends on 25 Mar. MAD - HKG I am seeing one flight per week as CX372 (on Sun), HKG - MAD I am actually seeing 5 flights (Sat flight being CX372, the rest sold on IB as IB1961 but not sold on CX).
Also, TYO now has multiple flights a day with PEY. Looks like after 25 Mar only CX548 will have PEY. It will be good to have more flights offering PEY but will have to see...