Maybe worthwhile going to the airport earlier and get and earlier flight? Spend more time in the nice spa at BkK

I am so glad that I flown off HKG today instead of tomorrow so I can get back in time to work on Monday morning.

I snapped a picture of the Cathay Pacific Line at the Hong Kong Metro Station City Check-in at 8:30PM Hong Kong time tonight (Saturday 9/21). It was looong
http://imgur.com/N71I0Zj

I am scheduled to take CX845 JFK-HKG on Monday, 24 Sep at 01:30AM. As of now, no cancellation yet, but will there be an aircraft at JFK on Sunday night to take me to HKG?

Is it CX 846 HKG-JFK that usually returns as CX845 to HKG? I see that CX846 on 22 Sep is cancelled, which means my flight may be cancelled? :confused:

Interested in how you get on with irrops this Avios booking - keep us posted.

Tried to call CX, the hotel gave me some wireless phone that ran out of battery 25 minutes into the hold. Now just trying to call them again and in the queue. BA could not do anything, CX currently only shows the message I previously posted, also other website for the PEK-HKG flight. The HKG-SIN flight does not show anything so in theory there should not be an issue.

Lets see. Will post again after I spoke to CX.

Globalist

Yes if CX846 is cancelled, then CX845 will also be cancelled, but CX may decide to leave a plane(s) in JFK ahead of the typhoon, particularly as flights leaving today will not be able to return to HKG, so in fact once operations re-start it could be like skipping a day, and in fact all JFK aircraft are still in position to operate from JFK on Monday.

I am glad CX is preparing for this in advance. Summer of 2012 was hit by big disruption when we had that big typhoon, and CX were not prepared enough and it was chaos in HKG.

It is very likely that the airport will be functional during some parts of the CX suspended operation, but CX as a based carrier must make a decision so that it's very large majority of passengers do not turn up at the airport expecting to fly on cancelled flights and so that transit passengers are not accepted at outports and get stranded in HKG. It also means CX will be in a better place to recover once the storm passes, as it will have crew and aircraft in position both in HKG and outports.




Interestingly CX254/CX238 are cancelled from LHR tonight. They are scheduled to arrive at 17:15, before the operation is suspended, I guess CX presume landing may already be difficult at that time, or they want those aircraft/crews positioned in LHR to recover after the storm passes.

After spending 1 hour and 20 minutes in the queue the line was just (11.08pm) disconnected with a message the (Beining) office is now closed. Calling HK from my hotel will be massively expensive.

I will ignore their message and go to the airport tomorrow. Both flights seem to be operating but I would not mind to be rerouted on SQ even though that means me arriving 4 hours after the F1 finishes.

Looking at CNN on the typhoon it does not look pretty...

Globalist

Use Skype to Call, cheaper or free if calling USA toll free numbers?

FWIW.....
I actually talked to a friend today who is a CX pilot and he told me was the strategy to get a few planes and crews positioned in the US to start flying some/most ex US flights on the 22nd and 23rd then operate a full schedule on the 24th. I am an interested watcher as I will be flying out of the US on the 24th.

Again, not official from CX but I would put a lot of credibility in the pilots since they have to operate in this environment.

Strategy is to keep atleast 2/3 of KA/CX fleet out of HKG, at ports or ferried to aid in the Monday PM/Tuesday Am recovery.

I guess there will a few CX (besides the normal KA) planes in KHH tomarrow, it will interesting to see if any other airlines stop in KHH/TPE?

That's what my pilot friend mentioned. They are also targeting a noon time on 23rd to resume operations and be at full strength the 24th. That again, is not official....YMMV...

Cat3 now