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thomas164 Sep 27, 2025 10:12 pm


Originally Posted by SLGO (Post 37342771)
Got one of my flights changed to 32Q, and another from long haul J to regional J (333 with 42 seats). Not the best change I’m afraid.

I got 2 changes to 33A. I guess I have to wait till T-48 before securing the flat bed seats.

Aardappel Sep 27, 2025 11:25 pm

Got changed from 33E to 77P. It seems most morning flight to tokyo(NRT/HND) got changed to 77P.

thomas164 Sep 27, 2025 11:43 pm


Originally Posted by Aardappel (Post 37342855)
Got changed from 33E to 77P. It seems most morning flight to tokyo(NRT/HND) got changed to 77P.

526 is served by 350, and 548 by 77A (77J in 2026) which is the same as summer 2025; while 504 and 520 have always been served by 77P. It was just a placeholder in the past, but nothing has changed.

SLGO Sep 28, 2025 7:34 am


Originally Posted by thomas164 (Post 37342788)
I got 2 changes to 33A. I guess I have to wait till T-48 before securing the flat bed seats.

Speaking of 33A, I got one from 33E to that as well. Being a lowly Silver, I doubt if there is any chance I can secure the first 2 rows at all.

hybridace101 Sep 28, 2025 10:12 am


Originally Posted by thomas164 (Post 37342612)
It seems that most aircraft type for Winter 2025 are locked up. Some surprises eg. 32Q to KIX (previously known) and 77P in place of 32Q on evening PVG route (CX302).

The notorious 566 redeye flight is now back to a flat-bed 333.

Yeah I noticed the changes. I got swapped to a 773 for my MNL-HKG and HKG-MNL from an A330. That was a shock as I assumed seeing an A330 meant I would be riding on an A330.

GLAaussie Sep 28, 2025 10:28 am

My mother and I are flying MAN-HKG-KIX in early November and our HKG-KIX (CX506) has been changed from a 39J 333 to 77P.

Initally I'd reserved us each a window seat in consecutive rows and surprisingly in the 77P it also had us seated as such. Glad I checked, now have us seated at a pair of seats. Interestingly the windows are all blocked. Guessing they've just moved existing window seat passengers like for like.

im359 Sep 28, 2025 10:58 am


Originally Posted by SLGO (Post 37342771)
Got one of my flights changed to 32Q, and another from long haul J to regional J (333 with 42 seats). Not the best change I’m afraid.

same for me from 330 to 32Q which guarantees no lie-flat seat, also J on my flight is zero-out in contrast to cx app seat map showing many empty seats... not sure why :confused:

CX860 Sep 28, 2025 4:10 pm


Originally Posted by thomas164 (Post 37342612)
It seems that most aircraft type for Winter 2025 are locked up. Some surprises eg. 32Q to KIX (previously known) and 77P in place of 32Q on evening PVG route (CX302).

The notorious 566 redeye flight is now back to a flat-bed 333.

I think it was long haul J for Winter and regional for Summer last year as well.

abielp Sep 28, 2025 7:03 pm

Glad i checked back on this thread. My flights were changed to the usual aircrafts (906 to A32Q / 542 and 903 to 77P) but atleast I got the first rows now.

majorpuppy Sep 29, 2025 1:36 am

there are some interesting changes this winter:

vietnam gets way more capacity, HAN becomes all 77Ps, SGN also gets 77Ps.
MNL again gets a lot of 77Ps
new daily flight to CSX with 32Q
DPS loses quite some capacity before Jan 2026, SIN has a 32Q in CX759 (which is a really good morning flight, uses a A350 now) and a 77P
some NA routes have less frequencies

noticing a lot more 32Q's flying now.... would have been good if not for the horrible config. notably double daily to NGO,ICN and also to KIX

APACCommuter Sep 29, 2025 2:41 am

An XMN-HKG-SIN itinerary of mine got swapped to 77P in both legs. XMN being served by a 77P is a curious case for me: did not realise it would be *that* busy. 635/6 using 77P instead of 321neo (summer) and 33P (previous placeholder) probably said a lot about the occupancy and the demographic of the pax haha.

natbread Sep 29, 2025 6:36 am


Originally Posted by APACCommuter (Post 37344542)
XMN being served by a 77P is a curious case for me: did not realise it would be *that* busy.

guess there's either too many transit pax or there's too many people doing status runs (probably both), hence the 77P being scheduled on XMN now

CX860 Sep 29, 2025 3:45 pm


Originally Posted by thomas164 (Post 37342612)
It seems that most aircraft type for Winter 2025 are locked up. Some surprises eg. 32Q to KIX (previously known) and 77P in place of 32Q on evening PVG route (CX302).

The notorious 566 redeye flight is now back to a flat-bed 333.

A 321 to KIX is also a bit of a joke.

allianceflyer9506 Sep 29, 2025 6:48 pm


Originally Posted by majorpuppy (Post 37344489)
there are some interesting changes this winter:

vietnam gets way more capacity, HAN becomes all 77Ps, SGN gets 350s and 77Ps.
MNL gets 5 daily 77P+ 1 daily 330,
ICN now has 2 daily 321neos
new daily flight to CSX with 32Q
DPS gets heavily nerfed, SIN has a 32Q in CX759 (which is a 350 now, makes no sense?) and a 77P
some NA routes have less frequencies

noticing a lot more 32Q's flying now.... would have been good if not for the horrible config

which flight gets 77P A359/A35K 77A 77K 77J to MNL is it 903/902 913/974 919/918 901/930 939/912 and 906/907 from HKG? My guess for the A333 it's CX906/907 to MNL. Regarding CX903/902 it's equipment if on B77W A359/A35K once it gets back to HKG as CX902 it must be ready for 844 to JFK 270 to AMS from HKG.

abielp Sep 29, 2025 7:21 pm


Originally Posted by majorpuppy (Post 37344489)
MNL gets 5 daily 77P+ 1 daily 330,

There are days that only 4 77P then 1 330 + 1 321neo flying. Probably the lesser busy days.


Originally Posted by allianceflyer9506 (Post 37346022)
which flight gets 77P A359/A35K 77A 77K 77J to MNL is it 903/902 913/974 919/918 901/930 939/912 and 906/907 from HKG? My guess for the A333 it's CX906/907 to MNL. Regarding CX903/902 it's equipment if on B77W A359/A35K once it gets back to HKG as CX902 it must be ready for 844 to JFK 270 to AMS from HKG.

976 is the consistent 330. 906 is a mix bag of 321neo/330/359 based on random dates I checked.


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