A359 to PER from Oct 2017

[Pleb Status]

Just received my eticket for a oneworld RTW J trip at the end of the year and have noted that CX have upgraded CX170/CX171 PER-HKG from a 333 to a 359 from October 2017.

Cathay Pacific NW17 Melbourne / Perth service changes :: Routesonline

MEL-HKG will also go double daily with the 359 on the same date.

 

[clazman]

Great result for Perth....and good to see CX rewarding Perth

 

[Isochronous]

More capacity for CX into Australia is always good news.

 

[SponsorSFC]

Just booked this in for a trip onwards to KIX for March next year.

Will be our first A350 flight. Looking forward to checking it out even if I will be asleep for the most part.

 

[Simo]

I have flown on a A350 yet....

Will have to make one happen sooner rather than later

 

[Pleb Status]

I was able to snag a J seat this morning on the inaugural CX A359 service HKG-PER on Sunday. I will move my SQ J seats to another day.

I assume I will be rubbing shoulders with many 'journalists' and there will be a live cross on one of the local Perth television stations...

 

[wandering_fred]

I continue to look at the availability on HKG-PER on a random basis as part of a return from one of my ventures into SE Asia. Almost all of the one ways exCMB now routinely route CMB-HKG-MEL-PER on the less expensive fare classes. Well I do prefer to arrive into PER in daylight hours, but it does seem to price CX out of my budget. Hopefully the 359 has more seats than the 330..... I did suggest to MPC that perhaps they should swap one of the low volume HKG-MEL flights for an additional HKG-PER, but I other than acknowledging the "suggestion" being forwarded I don't expect to see anything else.

Oh yes - my choice MH Z class CMB-KUL-DPS and JQ DPS-PER. More status and points for both CX and QF and a bit less cost.

Happy wandering
Fred