CX 828
Feb 25, 2004 | 4:40 pm
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CX 828
when CX 828 was rerouted thru YVR for the refueling stop after new US Visa requirements for transiting pax, did pax have to get off the plane @ YVR for customs or did they just sit in the plane during refueling and go thru customs upon arrival in YYZ ?
also, during SARS when CX 828 carried HKG-YVR and YVR-HKG traffic, did YYZ-bound pax have to get off the plane @ YVR for customs since YVR became their 1st canadian port of arrival ?
thanks.
also, during SARS when CX 828 carried HKG-YVR and YVR-HKG traffic, did YYZ-bound pax have to get off the plane @ YVR for customs since YVR became their 1st canadian port of arrival ?
thanks.
Feb 25, 2004 | 5:52 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jakob:
when CX 828 was rerouted thru YVR for the refueling stop after new US Visa requirements for transiting pax, did pax have to get off the plane @ YVR for customs or did they just sit in the plane during refueling and go thru customs upon arrival in YYZ ?
also, during SARS when CX 828 carried HKG-YVR and YVR-HKG traffic, did YYZ-bound pax have to get off the plane @ YVR for customs since YVR became their 1st canadian port of arrival ?
thanks.</font>
when CX 828 was rerouted thru YVR for the refueling stop after new US Visa requirements for transiting pax, did pax have to get off the plane @ YVR for customs or did they just sit in the plane during refueling and go thru customs upon arrival in YYZ ?
also, during SARS when CX 828 carried HKG-YVR and YVR-HKG traffic, did YYZ-bound pax have to get off the plane @ YVR for customs since YVR became their 1st canadian port of arrival ?
thanks.</font>
Unless CX plans to carry pax who fly soley YVR-YYZ (won't likely get government approval anyways), all customs and immigration procedures will be at YYZ.
Feb 26, 2004 | 5:23 pm
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Yes, 828 is supposed to be non-stop like AC's A340 flight to YYZ, though if strong headwinds are encountered a YVR refueling stop may be in order. I just came in on 829 from YYZ with the refueling stop in YVR. We arrived into HKG an hour early. Nobody was permitted off or on [other than staff] at YVR, though the gate information refers to the flight as being bound for YVR and HKG. Will let you know about the return on the 9th.
Feb 27, 2004 | 10:14 am
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CX should be flying YYZ and JFK non-stop both-way year round, period. Buy the planes that can fly the routes, negotiate with the Russians for rights, whatever. All these fuel-stops are ridiculous when CO has been flying EWR-HKG for years, and SQ will be starting EWR-SIN.
[This message has been edited by rkkwan (edited Feb 27, 2004).]
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