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Old Mar 26, 2007, 6:25 pm
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77W_12A
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
From a search of Google/News it would seem that Cathay is the only carrier to suspend service from CMB. One article mentioned the passenger load on the last northbound as being 128 iirc, so suspending the route may not disappoint their financial people. Any time we've flown there, the biz cabin becomes pretty empty after BKK.
You're right about the loads being fairly light in Business class. The two times that I've taken CX 700, there have been maybe a total of 12 people in J.

Do I think they'll suspend this flight permantly? I doubt it. It's the only OW carrier in CMB plus there is A LOT of cargo ex-CMB.
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