Cathay Pacific (Wed)

[Steve Crook]

I noticed yesterday that the morning flight CX111 came up as arrived on the Sydney Airport flight info page but, for most of the day, the corresponding outgoing flight CX110 was listed as delayed till 6pm. Later in the evening I noticed that the outgoing flight came up as cancelled. Did the morning flight come in and the aircraft go u/s or were both the incoming and outgoing morning flights CX111/110 cancelled? Thanks

[Sarah C]

Not sure but one of thier aircraft has been sitting over in the GA area all day and it is still there. Can't see the rego from my vantage point.

[Graeme M]

HLR is the rego

[Gerard M]

According to Cathay Pacific's website, CX111 did arrive in Sydney at 6:17am and the outgoing one indeed was canceled
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Not sure if it is related or not but there is a CX flight departing to Melbourne tonight at 9pm according to the Syd Airport website as flight CX3332. I don't keep track of CX flights so i don't know if this is a regular or something to do with the above posts.

CX3332 Melbourne 3/9/2009 9:00pm 3/9/2009 9:00pm -na-

The last time this flight operated in Sydney under that flight number was back in 2006 according to www.16right.com so maybe a re-positioning or something?

Anyone have any ideas on it?

Cheers

[Steve Crook]

Thank you for all that information. I have just been doing a bit of supersleuth work and Gerard your theory of a repositioning flight looks very feasible. On Melbourne Airport's flight information page, tonight's CX163 due in from HKG at 20:40 has been cancelled. However, what appears to be the usual return flight CX168 is still scheduled to depart at 23:55 - no doubt by the repositioned aircraft from SYD. My first thought when I saw the CX3332 to MEL departure listed on the Sydney Airport website was that it could have been a cargo flight, but all the indications are that it's the repositioned A330. Thanks again

[Grahame Hutchison]

Three CX ACARS pickups today on www.16Right.com but to route details in any of the transmissions.

B-HLQ CX0111 03/09/2009 05:55 Cathay Pacific A330-343X Hong Kong-Sydney
B-HLP CX0101 03/09/2009 10:31 Cathay Pacific A330-343X Hong Kong-Sydney
B-HLP CX0100 03/09/2009 14:34 Cathay Pacific A330-343X Sydney-Hong Kong

[Gerard M]

B-HLR, CX3332 just departed. Will keep an eye out and see if it departs Melbourne as expected Clive. Keep up the good supersleuthing

[Michael Mak]

CX3332 has just departed YSSY, the rego is B-HLR.

[Gerard M]

B-HLR, CPA168, getting ready to depart Melbourne now. Seems you were spot on Clive. Still, would be interested to know the reasons behind the various cancellations that initiated this shuffle of the aircraft.

[Andrew P]

on today's CX110 to HKG asked at check-in why last weeks flight was cancelled

answer one of the monitors in the cockpit was broken

Banjo