Originally Posted by
shd9
CX actually routes many passengers on UA (and B6) nowadays given AA’s abysmal network in the LAX/JFK/SFO/BOS.
EWR and IAD both have a ~10pm departure bank, and would work very well for connections destined for the Northeast and the south Atlantic. CX routes most of these passengers through ORD nowadays. As AA wind down their operations there too, these connections are becoming less convenient.
Spot on and Pre covid-19
CX890 arrives at EWR from HKG at 10:10 PM Local time while in HKG SIN TPE PER MNL Time that's 10:10 am the next day during DST but when Standard Time is used that's 11:10am the next day.
Return trip CX899 from EWR back to HKG 1am EWR arrive HKG 5:30am making a 2hr connection with the A321neo CX907 to MNL T3. If CX899 can't make it to CX907 the first HKG-MNL staff can put you to CX901 also to MNL T3.