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Old Aug 17, 2014, 1:01 am
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KUL Equipment Swap?
Its been mentioned numerous times on this forum SIN flights are prone to last minute equipment swaps. But what about KUL?

http://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/cx725/

Seems like a constant use of A333.. .just a mixture of 33G and 33Z. The A343 and 772 are same as scheduled. The only swap I see is one or two rare 77W and 747.
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Old Aug 17, 2014, 1:56 am
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Yes. KUL do have the occasional equipment swap.

But I've never seen a 744 on the route though.
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Old Aug 17, 2014, 4:16 am
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Originally Posted by Guy Betsy
But I've never seen a 744 on the route though.
I'm sure I saw a CX 747 going to KL last week at HKIA. 747s are popping up all over regional routes these days....around the time I saw the 747 going to KL, pretty sure CX flew a 747 to/from Nagoya. My friend swears he was on a "double decker" plane from there and he has no reason to make it up. Didn't think they flew 747 on that route either. i also saw a 747 going to PEK in the last month. Just walking to my gates at HKIA these days it seems like the 747s are going to previously unvisited regional destinations. I think as the 747s get pulled back off the long-haul routes there's a short-term spike in them regionally before they're gone forever.
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Old Aug 17, 2014, 4:47 am
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Originally Posted by Guy Betsy
But I've never seen a 744 on the route though.
July 17 and June 4 CX725

CX 723 seems to run a very solid track of A333.
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Old Aug 17, 2014, 8:27 am
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Originally Posted by WarrenWong
Its been mentioned numerous times on this forum SIN flights are prone to last minute equipment swaps. But what about KUL?
We were swapped out of a scheduled 33G into a 343 recently.

Originally Posted by Guy Betsy
But I've never seen a 744 on the route though.
I have been on a 744 on that route on various occasions
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being booked on a regional 773 at the moment for a red eye, i wouldn't mind if it got swapped to a 744.
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Old Aug 17, 2014, 4:53 pm
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FWIW, I'm based out of KUL half the year and have flown on all CX aircraft types but the 77G on the KUL-HKG runs. I seem to get a last-minute equipment swap about 1 in every 5-6 flights.
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Old Aug 17, 2014, 5:08 pm
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Originally Posted by epigram
being booked on a regional 773 at the moment for a red eye, i wouldn't mind if it got swapped to a 744.
Not if your 744 went tech making your red-eye becomes a day-time flight
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Originally Posted by epigram
being booked on a regional 773 at the moment for a red eye, i wouldn't mind if it got swapped to a 744.
Not if your 744 went tech making your red-eye becomes a day-time flight
Depends if they replace the catering
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