HONG KONG – Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) is set to undergo a new round of capacity redeployment to help offset the impact of high fuel prices. The move includes reducing the number of the flights to North America by 10, while adding eight new flights to Australia and upgrading to a bigger aircraft for 14 European flights each week. Overall, the changes result in no change in planned capacity at the airline.
The daily CX884/5 service to and from Los Angeles will be suspended beginning October 26. The route will then operate as a double-daily service until winter 2009 when it will be reinstated on four days a week, moving back to daily by December 2009.
The Vancouver route will be served by 14 flights a week instead of 17 as the CX836/5 service will be suspended from October 26. The airline currently operates three flights daily but this will drop to 17 weekly from September 16.
Perth will become a daily service with two additional flights a week from 26 October, while Brisbane will move from a daily service to 10 flights a week. Sydney will move to four flights daily from the current 25 flights per week.
The daily flight to Amsterdam will change from an A340-300 to the larger Boeing 747-400 from October 26, as will the daily CX253/4 flight to and from London.
