When will you be flying?

At the moment. AY has 3-4 aircraft idling daily because they’ve cancelled flights to mainland China because of the flu.

Moreover, it sounds to me like AY is not only targeting HKG anymore. Back when they decided to fly to Dubai via Egyptian airspace instead of the more direct route via Iran, this led to delays on the midnight A350 services, and they delayed both HKG and SIN, on alternating days. So it does sound like HKG isn’t the victim all the time.

Haven’t flown myself now but heard from others that actually not that bad at all, not full but definitely not empty either...maybe AY is getting some add. pax as so much cancellations to mainland. HKG virus situation is also not too bad so those who need to go are still going..

I’m glad to hear this. Many airlines have stopped flying to HKG so perhaps they reroute pax on AY.

In this case, it’s a huge advantage that CC is outsourced to HKG. North American Airlines in particular have problems with HKG flights because crews refuse to fly there.

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Tonight’s 99 one hour before departure looks like above so loads are not crazy bad... Y+ seems empty, though..

That new pricing seems to work.

It will be in the summer ... assuming all these flu stuffs calm down. Otherwise, I'll skip HKG and stopover in Japan.

Thought that this was a problem of the past due to COVID... turns out it recovered too.
AY99 delayed on 25 Jan for 5 hours, saved by AY62 from Tokyo this time.

And due to a longer route, AY99/100 is no longer doable in a 24 hour turn. Interesting to see how things will play out again

I wouldn’t be convinced or even worried of the trend returning by a one-off delay.

AY99/100 never was 24 hour turn -route. That delay was due to 2 x A359's out of service in Asia.

And in this new world those 24 hrs turns are history. Now new world and new strategy.

I'd guess it was just bad luck this time. Currently AY99/AY100 has a few hours turnaround in HKG and departing HEL with a delay will result in a delay coming back as well. The situation isn't any different to the other AY longhauls departing HEL around midnight.

Pre-covid the turnaround time in HKG was so long, that whenever there was an A350 missing, the problem was moved to AY99, as thanks to the long turnaround AY100 could still depart back on time.

Did you mean: Now new world and no strategy? :D