Originally Posted by
dbuster44
Does anyone know why CX has scheduled the new HKG-SFO flight to depart only 2 hrs 15min earlier from the current CX872? It seems rather strange that two 744s going the same route & direction will only be departing 2 hrs 15min apart from one another.

Maybe it also has something to do with SFO staffing. With a couple hours of spacing you could have a one full shift service both flights. Just a guess.