Manchester: Cathay Pacific News & Flight Discussion

[Scottie Dog]

CX219 arrived today, 1st September and will depart as CX216 back to Hong Kong on Wednesday 2nd September.

 

[LS@MAN]

CX219 arrived today, 1st September and will depart as CX216 back to Hong Kong on Wednesday 2nd September.

Is the departure time the same as previously?

 

[Scottie Dog]

Sorry I missed your earlier post - domestic chores took precidence!

STD 1210
ATD 1219

 

[Scottie Dog]

SPD travels

@SPD_travels

News |
@cathaypacific
have pushed back its
@Gatwick_Airport
and
@manairport
resumption to 1st Jan,
@HeathrowAirport
will remain 1 daily until that point.

 

[Scottie Dog]

See Manchester Movement Logs & Heads Up thread for latest schedules for September.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Courtesy of @SPD_travels on Twitter

SPD travels

@SPD_travels

News |
@cathaypacific
to run flights to
@manairport
on selected dates in December. This is before a pending return to normal operations, tentatively from Jan 1st but likely to be pushed back again

 

[Scottie Dog]

Update from Airlineroute for 16th October:

Cathay Pacific schedules limited-time Manchester service in Dec 2020
Posted 16 October 2020 06:00

Cathay Pacific during the month of December 2020 schedules 6 round-trip Hong Kong – Manchester service, on board Airbus A350-1000XWB aircraft. From Hong Kong, service operates on following dates in Dec 2020: 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19. Manchester departs on following dates in Dec 2020: 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20.

CX219 HKG0135 – 0630MAN 351
CX216 MAN1125 – 0705+1HKG 351

 

[Scottie Dog]

Cathay Pacific OPS MAN

Cathay Pacific have scheduled 8 Hong Kong-Manchester flights between 24th Aug and 9th Sept with the A350. This is likely to be student traffic. Normal flights are slated to begin on 31st Oct, although obviously subject to change. Thanks to the aero network for highlighting.

Many thanks
SPD travels
@SPD_travels.

 

[CM.]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1429713482816045059

 

[LS@MAN]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1429713482816045059

Looking forward to seeing CX back!
Are they operating from T2?

 

[Scottie Dog]

Indeed CX will be using T2.

 

[CM.]

Yep it’s down for T2 but these flights are for Students until October when they plan to operate 2x weekly

 

[CM.]

Cathay Pacific have dates for when they plan to restart flights to Hong Kong. Manchester is set for July restart at 5 weekly flights

https://twitter.com/x/status/1508818191912521732

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

I wonder what routing they will take however given the circumstances.

Unlike Singapore, which is further south and therefore easier to circumnavigate Russia, Hong Kong would require a longer routing and therefore long block/flight time.

 

[Coathanger16]

I wonder what routing they will take however given the circumstances.

Unlike Singapore, which is further south and therefore easier to circumnavigate Russia, Hong Kong would require a longer routing and therefore long block/flight time.

The current LHR flights seem to route initially NW through China, then West across Kazakstan towards Istanbul before heading to the UK, so I imagine they'll be taking a similar route on all the European flights.

 

[laviation]

5th weekly flight is loaded from the start of February.

 

[laviation]

... and 6 weekly is loaded from September; info from SPD_Travels on X

 

[Land23R]

5th weekly flight is loaded from the start of February.

Yes, the CX web site is showing a 5th flight in Feb. on one of the current blank days - Sunday. Assuming it's not just temporary, perhaps CX have found they have an a/c and crew to modestly boost MAN's frequency. Don't know about yields but the LFs would certainly justify it.

 

[marni1971]

Yes, the CX web site is showing a 5th flight in Feb. on one of the current blank days - Sunday. Assuming it's not just temporary, perhaps CX have found they have an a/c and crew to modestly boost MAN's frequency. Don't know about yields but the LFs would certainly justify it.

We recently flew return to HKG. My straw poll says hi 90s % full.

 

[BLB777]

Was having a read of the most recent Airliner World magazine to which there was an article about Cathay Pacific. It stated they intend to be at 100% of pre pandemic levels by the end of 2024. Which should see Cathay return to pre pandemic frequency.