Cathay Pacific – in a sign of market confidence – is preparing to upgrade its two of its North American routes.
Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER at Hong Kong International – Image, Economy Class and Beyond
First up is the Boston operation. The service currently four days a week – this will be uprated to a daily service, operating against the following timetable:
CX812 DEPART HKG 18:20 ARRIVE BOS 22:10 CX811 DEPART BOS 01:45 ARRIVE HKG 03:35+1 Commences as a daily operation from 26th March 2017 Booked Equipment: Boeing 777-300ER Data: Cathay Pacific
Next, we head to Vancouver (a hot spot for the Hong Kong property elite), which is due to have its services increased from twice daily (14 times a week) to 17 times a week.
This route will also mark the debut of an Airbus A350 on this flight pair, with the additional flights operating Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays as CX856/855. Other flights will be operated with Boeing 777-300ERs.
Cathay Pacific’s first Airbus A350 arriving into Hong Kong – Image, Cathay Pacific
The combine timetable looks a bit like this:
Hong Kong to Vancouver
CX838 DEPART HKG 16:20 ARRIVE YVR 13:15 Operates Daily CX888 DEPART HKG 00:30 ARRIVE YVR 2125-1 Operates Daily CX856 DEPART HKG 11:00 ARRIVE YVR 07:55 Tue, Thu and Sat only
Vancouver to Hong Kong
CX837 DEPART YVR 14:45 ARRIVE HKG 19:15+1 Operates Daily CX889 DEPART YVR o2:05 ARRIVE HKG 06:15+1 Operates Daily CX855 DEPART YVR 09:25 ARRIVE HKG 13:45+1 Tue, Thu and Sat only CX856/855 commences 28th March 2017 CX856/855 operates with an Airbus A350-900 All other flights operate with Boeing 777-300ERs Data: Cathay Pacific Data: Cathay Pacific
Confidence can be built in many ways in the airline industry – but the most impressive way is to build on frequencies – and Cathay Pacific seem to have found there is demand for its routes between Hong Kong to Boston and Vancouver.
And Cathay Pacific’s product is rather nice in Business Class in your humble authors opinion. Have a look at my reviews below:
- CX376 Düsseldorf to Hong Kong (Business Class)
- CX253 Hong Kong to London Heathrow (Business Class)
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