Apparently Cathay Pacific Airways has announced a postponement of the planned launch of services from MAN to Hong Kong via Moscow.
The tri-weekly service was due to begin on 27 March, but the airline is still “awaiting the completion of regulatory formalities regarding Manchester”.
Make of this what you will…………………
By: skycruiser - 11th February 2006 at 03:45
Apparently Cathay Pacific Airways has announced a postponement of the planned launch of services from MAN to Hong Kong via Moscow.
The tri-weekly service was due to begin on 27 March, but the airline is still “awaiting the completion of regulatory formalities regarding Manchester”.
Make of this what you will…………………
as you said Grey, “awaiting the completion of regulatory formalities regarding Manchester”.
Nothing more……
By: rdc1000 - 10th February 2006 at 11:25
Sorry, this news came out yesterday morning, and I didn’t think to post..here is what I received…
Cathay defers HK-Moscow-Manchester launch
Nicholas Ionides, Singapore (09Feb06, 09:02 GMT, 196 words)Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has deferred the planned 27 March launch of passenger services to Moscow and Manchester as a result of regulatory issues.
The Oneworld alliance carrier says in a statement that it now hopes to launch the thrice-weekly services, which will operate on a Hong Kong-Moscow-Manchester return routing, “later in the year”.
Cathay announced plans for the new route in December when it said Aeroflot would codeshare on its flights. A spokesman in Hong Kong will not say specifically what the regulatory problems are, although it is thought that they are related to Aeroflot and rights for the Moscow-Manchester leg.
“Preparations for a new service typically need to be completed well in advance of the launch date. Unfortunately, we continue to await the completion of regulatory formalities regarding Manchester, which is taking longer than originally anticipated, so the airline has made the decision now to postpone,” Cathay says.
“We are continuing to work hard with our partners to resolve these issues.”
Cathay has served Manchester in the past and has been talking about launching services of its own to Moscow for years. It currently codeshares on Aeroflot’s flights between Moscow and Hong Kong.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
By: bmi-star - 9th February 2006 at 22:51
Yes, you could have knocked me down with a feather. :rolleyes:
But you already know my thoughts on this, Elgan. 😀
Hehe yeah sorry 😀
By: Grey Area - 9th February 2006 at 22:44
For some inexplicable reason, the phrase “Dog in the manger” is flitting across my mind…….. :rolleyes:
By: Mark L - 9th February 2006 at 22:36
Its supposed to be the airline with the current unexercised traffic rights between MAN and SVO. I cant think who this is off the top of my head?
By: David Kerr - 9th February 2006 at 21:34
Doubt it would be bmi….given the history of objections to long-haul airlines wishing to service MAN and “aligned” airlines being “encouraged” to drop MAN, I would not be too surprised if it was not a Bigger Airline.
David
By: Skymonster - 9th February 2006 at 19:53
One of the posts on a.net recently suggested bmi have objected.
Andy
By: Grey Area - 9th February 2006 at 18:26
Yes, you could have knocked me down with a feather. :rolleyes:
But you already know my thoughts on this, Elgan. 😀
By: bmi-star - 9th February 2006 at 18:17
I don’t see much point anyway in CX returning to MAN. They offer much cheaper fares going thru LHR, and infact they are better timings than what CX are offering to MAN.
Also i think they have come back too late, as the likes of BA,KLM,LH,EK,and QTR are now offering some attractive fares and schedules to HKG, as i found out last month!
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February 9, 2006 at 6:01 pm