Aussie Flyer

AIRLINE:  Cathay Pacific AIRCRAFT:  Airbus A330-343X Reg: B-LAA (5 years old) CLASS:  Business Class ROUTE:  HKG-TPE (aircraft continues to Fukuoka) SEAT:  18K SCHEDULED DEPARTURE:  14.55 ACTUAL DEPARTURE:  14.54 SCHEDULED ARRIVAL:  16.45 ACTUAL ARRIVAL:  16.37 After a very quick transit, in which I was assisted by Cathay ground staff through security, I boarded CX510 to Taipei, and onwards to Fukuoka. I would be disembarking in Taipei. Today's flight was operated by B-LAA, an Airbus A330-300 delivered new to Cathay in 2005. It has regional business class seats, but they are a more modern version than found on the A330 I flew from TPE to HKG last time on Cathay (see my previous blog entry ).  CX510 now boarding B-LAA preparing to go to Taipei I took the first left on the jetway and headed for the business class cabin, I was warmly welcomed on board at Door 1L and greeted by name and directed to the right side of the aircraft and...

AIRLINE: Cathay Pacific AIRCRAFT: Airbus A340-300 (34B) Reg: B-HXA (13 years old) CLASS: Business Class ROUTE: BKK-HKG SEAT: 17K SCHEDULED DEPARTURE: 10.20 ACTUAL DEPARTURE: 10.24 SCHEDULED ARRIVAL: 14.05 ACTUAL ARRIVAL: 14.13 Check-In Today I would be travelling to Taipei via Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. It was a particularly exciting occasion for me as I had never traveled on an Airbus A340 before! This flight originates in Delhi and flies to Hong Kong via Bangkok. It's a pretty painful 3am departure from Delhi, getting into Bangkok about 9am for a 1 hour transit. I had pre-selected seat 17K on this long haul configured aircraft, and checked in online the night before. I went to the business class check-in desk where there was no queue. The friendly check-in girl quickly printed out my boarding pass and lounge invitations and then wrote out my Fast Track immigration card. The fast track card is great, you proceed through a dedicated security area and the...