Resuming JFK-HKG via YVR
Jul 1, 2022, 10:18 pm
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Resuming JFK-HKG via YVR
CX is looking to resume JFK-HKG via YVR but not allow JFK-YVR traffic.
https://www.regulations.gov/document...2021-0033-0034
https://www.regulations.gov/document...2021-0033-0034
Jul 1, 2022, 11:48 pm
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Interesting. Is it going to be the same plane operating HKG-YVR and YVR-JFK (the notice says a 747 for HKG-YVR, but that must be an error)? If not, is 35 minutes sufficient for HKG-JFK through pax to change planes at YVR? I imagine CX will work with YVR to set up sterile transit between the two planes, but 35 minutes still seems awfully tight.
Jul 5, 2022, 1:55 am
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CX is looking to resume JFK-HKG via YVR but not allow JFK-YVR traffic.
https://www.regulations.gov/document...2021-0033-0034
https://www.regulations.gov/document...2021-0033-0034
Jul 5, 2022, 9:47 pm
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Would one need Canadian transit visa, back in the days when this route flew via YVR? I suppose if passengers all stay on the plane, you wouldn't need one, but necessary all passengers are asked to disembark and re-board all airside?
Jul 7, 2022, 5:22 pm
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Jul 7, 2022, 7:04 pm
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No need to go through Russian air space (Polar 1/2), I have flown frequently to NYC where the flight has tracked northeast over Tokyo, east of the Kamchatka Peninsular before entering US air space at the Aleutian Islands. If you ever get the chance (and get really lucky, the area seems to be perpetual cloud) viewing the volcanos of the Kamchatka Peninsular is just stunning.
Once flew over North Korea in the 1990s on an United Flight from San Francisco when the Captain announced where we were. A few surprised looks and comments. Sadly its a fairly quick transit and could not see anything. Do foreign planes still overfly the place?
Once flew over North Korea in the 1990s on an United Flight from San Francisco when the Captain announced where we were. A few surprised looks and comments. Sadly its a fairly quick transit and could not see anything. Do foreign planes still overfly the place?
Jul 8, 2022, 7:48 pm
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Could be a typo similar to how YVR-HKG is on a 744 but JFK-YVR is on a 359. 35 minutes is awfully tight to offload/load passenger/bags/cargo to a different aircraft.
Jul 10, 2022, 5:03 pm
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No need to go through Russian air space (Polar 1/2), I have flown frequently to NYC where the flight has tracked northeast over Tokyo, east of the Kamchatka Peninsular before entering US air space at the Aleutian Islands. If you ever get the chance (and get really lucky, the area seems to be perpetual cloud) viewing the volcanos of the Kamchatka Peninsular is just stunning.
New schedule to support JFK-HKG traffic; no JFK-YVR sales
The fact that it says the new schedule is to support JFK-HKG traffic makes me wonder if it is in preparation for the stronger headwind coming up later this year for JFK-HKG. Right now, yes, the flight can make a detour and go right east of the Kamchatka (wished I could have seen it, and the Kuril Islands, too), but maybe later this year the flight would be too difficult to operate? Hence I mentioned the Russian airspace issue.