Vancouver services reduced
 

Effective 01OCT08, Cathay Pacific will reduce the frequencies on Hong Kong - Vancouver route.

CX835/836 on Day 57 will not be operated from 01OCT08 to 25OCT08.

From 26OCT08, service on CX835/836 will reduce to 3 weekly (Day 146), totals 17 weekly.

Source: http://airlineroute.blogspot.com/

CX828/829 seems also to be zeroed out in the winter

Anyone know when CX tends to update these schedules in the computers and send through CXL messages to other Airlines (ie, AA); I have an award booking for Nov that will be affected by this and AA says that the flight has not been cxld -- hence they cannot protect at this time.

Any thoughts, things to know or "things to watch out for" in regrads to a cancellation on CX would be greatly appreciated -- never been through a CXL'd flight on an award booking

they should use the extra slack in aircraft to open a new west coast destination. such as: SEA or PDX.

Two chances of that happening; slim and none.

If they are already reducing YVR services, why should they start SEA to dilute YVR load?

Anyone know when CX tends to update these schedules in the computers and send through CXL messages to other Airlines (ie, AA)

Why? They would lose their @ss on those routes.

The schedules are now updated at least in Apollo.

AA should be getting the message soon if not already.

CX835, for the days it will not operate in November, is still showing up in Sabre (zero'd out) and still showing on CX's website (not avail)

Normal Seasonal adjustment or cynical response to end of Oasis?
 

The timing is suspicious - was CX doing the usual airline tactic of increasing capacity in response to a startup competitor or is this a normal seasonal capacity reduction?

Total capacity HKG-YVR is going to be down 40% - 50% after the demise of Oasis and CX's third flight depending on how you count capacity from the JFK-YVR-HKG flight.

(remaining flights 2 CX + 1 AC but one of the CX flights is continuing from JFK)

CX888/889 on the YVR-JFK-YVR is usually very light loaded according to my brother's TA office. It is the HKG-YVR-HKG sectors that are usually full to the brim. Often when he checks there are no seats remaining on HKG-YVR vv, the availability on the YVR-JFK vv is still wide open.

Most people who boarded/landed in HKG for 888/889 either terminated/began/made connections in YVR. Goes to show the vast majority from NYC prefer the nonstop.

Vancouver services further reduced.
 

I just read on another blog, and went to CX.com to check, and it is true!

All CX835/836 flights are zeroed out in the winter.

It means there will only be 2 daily flights to YVR in the winter.