CX 744 at JFK??
 

Almost all of my flights are out of JFK and it's always cool to see the BA 744 and CX 773.

On saturday night I saw a CX 744 taking off and wondered where it had come from. My only guess would be it was doing JFK-YVR-HKG as JFK-HKG nonstop may be a bit out of it's range. Anybody have a clue about the substitution.

You might have seen CX's all cargo flight taking off.

They still use B744 for cargo routes.

Was it more of a Silver polish paint like an AA plane or white paint like. If it's the first one then you saw a CX Cargo plane.

I bet it was CX085. Its a cargo flight JFK-ANC-HKG. Its scheduled to depart 11:17PM. I found it on cathaypacificcargo.com

Not all CX Cargo's aircraft are silver bullets.

I think I saw a CX 747 at JFK this morning at Terminal 7...

Either you saw a CX cargo or a non-CX aircraft. The passenger 744s have not flown to JFK since 2008. Only SFO & YVR among NA currently have the passenger 744 and should one of these flights face a diversion, it is unlikely they will be diverted to JFK considering the flight routing and distances involved.

What if one of the 773's went mechanical? Would a 744 replace it? The CX 744 I saw looked exactly like the one I've seen at SFO from time to time. This was saturday night after 8pm. It was near T7 and then it took off.

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Seriously speaking you may encounter q 744 BCF which has exactly the same outlook as a 744 pax plane. It's been a while since JFK gets all 777.

The 744 BCF has no seats and only for frighter flight. If a 773 ER goes tech, they probably rebook you to fly via other CX NA gateways.

It was late in the evening so it could have been a CX Cargo Plane. The CX Tail design was unmistakeable however.

No. Not on JFK.

I went on Flight aware and confirmed all of CX's flights from JFK from Saturday. That most likely was a CX Cargo plane as I confirmed all CX pax planes were of the 773 variety.