Cathay Pacific Increases Services To Seoul And Mumbai

Cathay Pacific Airways has announced enhancements to its services to Seoul and Mumbai, offering more convenience and increased connectivity for passengers travelling through the Hong Kong hub.

The airline will add four flights a week to Seoul with effect from 2 May and a further three flights a week from 1 July, taking the frequency back to the 2008 level of five flights a day to and from the city.

With effect from 28 March, the daily non-stop flights between Hong Kong and Mumbai will be rescheduled to depart Hong Kong at 9.50 pm, offering improved connectivity from key markets such as the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

New Zealand passengers travelling to Mumbai will be able to leave Auckland daily on CX108 at 2.20 pm and arrive in Hong Kong at 9.00 pm, leaving a 50 minute turnaround to catch CX685 to Mumbai at 9.50 pm. Or passengers can choose a longer transit time in Hong Kong by leaving Auckland on CX118 at 7.30 am on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and arriving in Hong Kong at 3.10 pm.

From July 1, New Zealand passengers travelling to Seoul will have a convenient same day connection three days a week (on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) on CX118.

Details of the service enhancements are as follows:

SEOUL  Four flights to be added from 2 May 2010

Flight no./ From/ To/ Departure / Arrival/ Days of operation
CX416/ HKG/ ICN/ 1630/2110/ Tue, Wed, Fri, Sun
CX417/ ICN/ HKG/ 1015/1305/ Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat

The CX416/417 service will become daily from 1 July 2010

MUMBAI  CX 685 and CX684 to be retimed effective 28 March 2010

Flight no./ From/ To/ Departure / Arrival/ Days of operation
CX685/ HKG/ BOM/ 2150/0130+1/ Daily
CX684/ BOM/ HKG/ 0240/1110/ Daily

The Cathay Pacific Website can be found at www.cathaypacific.co.nz

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