jimyvr

Some changes for 2009 Summer has been made in the GDS (finally) over the weekend of 03JAN09.

**HK - Paris 10 weekly -> 14 weekly

**HK - Los Angeles 11 74A + 3 77W (weekly)

**Some major changes to Bangkok/Delhi/Dubai/Mumbai operation

CX751/750 HKG - BKK - BOM - DXB, cancelled
CX685/684 HKG - BOM - DXB, increase from 3 to 7 weekly 74A
CX709/ ? HKG - BKK - BOM, reduced from 4 to 3 weekly (schedule not updated correctly)
CX639/638 HKG - DEL, 2nd Daily, replaced by CX751/708, HKG - BKK - DEL


**HK - Shanghai route, CX+KA will be 3+13 in Summer 09, currently it is 1+15 (Daily)

***Update as of 19JAN09
Hong Kong - Jakarta
Service increase from 14 to 17 weekly from 29MAR09

CX777 HKG0920 - 1305CGK EQV D
CX719 HKG1600 - 1945CGK EQV D
CX797 HKG1900 - 2255CGK 330 257

CX718 CGK0840 - 1430HKG EQV D
CX776 CGK1505 - 2050HKG EQV D
CX798 CGK2355 - 0545+1HKG 330 257

Hong Kong - Denpasar
Service increase from 7 to 11 weekly from 01JUL09 to 30SEP09 only

CX785 HKG1005 - 1450DPS EQV D
CX673 HKG1905 - 2355DPS 777 x125

CX672 DPS0055 - 0545HKG 777 x236
CX784 DPS1600 - 2045HKG EQV D

kaka

So is the times for 826/827 HKG/YYZ/HKG

mosburger

Of those flights, the 9.45 am PVG - HKG is a regular one. Is there any major difference to the KA 330 in Y/J?

NA-Flyer

They will have the worst departure time for HKG-YYZ at 2.45 am .

I wonder what I am going to do until that time when my hotel ask me to check out at 14.00 the previous day and I have to spend almost 12 hours on the street waiting for the flight departure.

kaka

bad for you, but i bet some can have a full working day and more can connect without needing a night in hong kong...

TRAVELSIG

Personally from a work perspective I really like the late departures. 0245A is VERY late- however the 00:00 departures of LX to ZRH for example are fantastic- you can work, have a dinner with colleagues, arrive at the airport around 22:30, take a shower in the lounge, and then head home.
As for your hotel question- you could always stay another night- or just lounge it at HKG.

yiu

I think hotels do let you store your bags. Then you can go out and shop around! If no1 spends, the economy doesn't move! =)

etkuo

well but the new time, a TOO late departure with a TOO early arrival is not that appealing to be honest... at least for the YYZ route they do not get lots of businessmen. rather students, parents and immigrants, plus quite some transfer passengers to the south-east asia countries.

NA-Flyer

I doubt any shops will be open after 10 pm in Hong Kong and at 11 pm all streets will be empty and full of bad people

etkuo

there are still lots of (normal) people on the street at 11pm

NA-Flyer

I guess the best thing to do is to head to the airport after the shops close and hang around the airport or rest in the lounge until flight departure time

TRAVELSIG

Well- if you leave HK island/Kowloon at 23:30, arrive at the airport at 00:15, go to the CX lounge after check in (which is also the lounge LX uses as well as CX), relax a bit and have something to eat/take a shower, it will be time for our flight- so...perfect! Why the angry face?

yiu

Or go to cross the border and have a massage!

kaka

if you wait till all the shops are closed before heading to the airport.. u'd miss your flight!
no, the street still has plenty of normal ppl on the street after 12. probs even after 1!

TRAVELSIG

Well it depends what street you are on