Manchester: Cathay Pacific News & Flight Discussion

[Land23R]

It has 334 seats vs 280 on the A359, with increases in all 3 classes.

From a post on a.net, I'm not sure whether it's just for the busy 3 month period to end of Feb. or that's the date up to when flights are currently bookable.

 

[BlueManc]

A35K 54 seats more than A359. So that's 378 extra seats = 1.4 extra flights, sort of.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Confirmation from the start of season Winter 2018 ACL report:

Upgrade to A350-1000 in Dec/Jan/Feb. That an extra 54 seats per flight.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Summer 2019 see a continuation of the daily service using an A350-900. This is however planned to increase to an A350-1000 in JUne/July and August.

 

[Jerry]

The first Cathay Pacific A350-1000 flight to Manchester yesterday was commemorated in a short video by MT Aviation. It looks a beautiful aircraft! Looks better than the 900 imo.

 

[Chilly Dog]

This is however planned to increase to an A350-1000 in JUne/July and August.

Hi Scottie - any source for this?

Not reflected in the GDS yet - although CX are slow at this.

Cheers.

 

[Scottie Dog]

The information came from a trusted source however, as always, things can change.

If I hear anything further I'll update the thread.

 

[Chilly Dog]

Now loaded into the GDS, 1 June to 31 August operated by 351. Great news.

Thanks Scottie Dog!

 

[Philbky]

Flew DUB-HKG-AKL-HKG on the A350-941 and HKG-MAN on the 1000 over the Christmas/New Year period. Flew premium economy. The increased seating is the only real noticeable difference on board. Very similar experience to the B787 but lacks the adjustable windows which is a pain as during the totally daylight flight Auckland to Hong Kong, the crew were very fussy about having blinds closed - no good for the circadian rhythm. At least on the 787 with the windows dark you can still see daylight. The descent into MAN was interesting. Crossed the coast near Sunderland at 40,000 ft. Top of descent was 21 minutes from touchdown, probably the steepest descent I've had on a commercial flight in 57 years of flying round the world. Flight to MAN was full.

 

[Philbky]

Cathay have announced the suspension of their 4x weekly Dublin service amongst a raft of service downgrades which it is blaming on the current trouble in Hong Kong. Flew on this service last December and whilst Cathay were at their excellent best, the flight was less than half full so the current troubles may not be the whole story. As no mention is made of the Manchester service, Dublin connections should benefit as timings both ways are good

 

[Scottie Dog]

More use of A350-1000 than A350-900 vs W18. 01Dec onwards is all A350-1000.

 

[David_itl]

From routesonline, they are going 6 weekly in May non-op Wednesday but weekends see the A350-1000 with it back to daily A350-1000 until the end of August.

 

[mullion]

Yes the troubles must be hurting as they are cutting so many flights worldwide

 

[Scottie Dog]

Manchester has been remarkably fortunate in not having lost more than the one flight.in May.

 

[Scottie Dog]

According to Airlineroute Cathay reduce from 7 to 2 flights per week with effect from 28th February until 28th March.

 

[Philbky]

That is at odds with other reports that say down to four per week. Maybe an update, maybe an error but Gatwick has been suspended until the end of March.

 

[Scottie Dog]

And to complicate the matter further I have just checked Amadeus and that shows 3 per week in March!!

Having also checked the Cathay website they just show departures on Saturday and Monday, so I think I'll stick with 2 per week.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Courtesy of Airlineroutes:

Hong Kong – Manchester A350-900XWB operating on 30MAR20 and 03APR20

 

[Scottie Dog]

According to #spannersatcx on Pprune service restarts 3 per week in September.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Courtesy of Routesonline

Cathay Pacific Sep 2020 Manchester inventory changes as of 12AUG20
By Jim Liu

Posted13 August 2020 04:00

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Cathay Pacific in recent inventory update filed changes for Hong Kong – Manchester route, scheduled in September 2020. Latest inventory adjustment sees only 7 round-trip flights available for reservation, while the rest of the dates are not available for booking. The oneWorld member previously scheduled 3 weekly flights with Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft in September.

Available dates for reservation in September includes: 01 (MAN departure on 02SEP20 as one-time variation), 03, 06, 20, 22, 27, 29.

CX219 HKG0110 – 0700MAN 359
CX216 MAN1210 – 0645+1HKG 359