Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
This pairing being a daytime one is a shocker. Back in the days, CMI only flew daytime to where they must (islands) and where they have multiple dailies (NRT/MNL), and primary tourist markets (Japan). Everything else was relegated to red-eyes (HKG, DPS, CNS, TPE, KHH, PVG, SEL...) Now that Japan is a minor market, and UA-Mike can't poach Korea...
Agreed, very surprising to see this is a daytime flight, may have something to do with aircraft availability.
The GUM crews will be picking up a lot of new routes by next summer: NRT-ROR 3X weekly, NRT-KHH daily (!), NRT-CEB daily, NRT-UBN 3X weekly, and now GUM-TPE 2X weekly. That's a significant increase for them.