Review – Emirates Boeing 777ER Clark – Dubai business class

So, leaving the house at 17:00 we quickly arrived at the airport, where check-in was quickly completed after passing through the first set of security screening. At check-in we also got a voucher for our free stop-over in Dubai, we had been allocated Le Meridien hotel, which is just across the street from the terminal, so I decided we would have to use that as well, as long as we arrive on time. We then proceeded to fill in immigration forms for the kids, as they have Philippino passports, and then we had to clear immigration, before there is another security screening, and then we are finally in the boarding area.

After killing a little bit of time in the terminal, we were quickly starting boarding, and we were greeted by the door by one of the cabin crew, and showed to our seats, which were 7 D E F. Emirates operates with 7 seat abreast in Business Class on their Boeing 777s, in a 2-3-2 configuration, so this suited us well so we could sit together.

In our seats
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Cathay Pacific Group Releases Combined Traffic Figures for January 2020

The Cathay Pacific Group has released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for January 2020 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2019.

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Introduction – Christmas in Norway 2019

We had already spent summer holiday in Norway this year (trip report here), and since it is far and expensive to travel there I was just planning on bringing the kids to Hong Kong for Christmas. However, I did put my leave dates into google flights and kept an eye on the price, and when I found some surprisingly cheap tickets with Emirates in business class I decided to bring them to Norway for Christmas, and hopefully see some snow :

Alexhandra and Marcus playing in the snow
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Hong Kong International Airport traffic numbers for January 2020 released.

Cathay Pacific Boeing 777.

The provisional Civil International Air Traffic Statistics at HKIA January 2020 has been released, and as expected it continues to show the downwards trend from earlier months. This downwards trend is mostly due to the Hong Kong Protests, as the effect of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) was not taking place yet.

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Hong Kong Airlines to cancel inflight service

Hong Kong Airlines A359

Hong Kong Airlines has announced that they will effective today cancel inflight service on their flights.

According to the airline it is ” To further strengthen our precautionary measures and reduce the risk of our crew and customers from being potentially exposed to coronavirus, Hong Kong Airlines will be limiting inflight cabin activity and making temporary adjustments to our onboard services. “

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Angels – Hong Kong with Cebu Pacific economy class.

And finally the last segment of this holiday, Cebu Pacific Airbus A320 Clark to Hong Kong.

Cebu Pacific emergency seat-row
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Doha – Angeles Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 business class

This series of trip report has taken forever to finish, so I will just rush through the last 2 installments to get it over and done with, before my memory is completely gone 😀

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Hong Kong airlines to cut jobs and forcing staff to take unpaid leave

Hong Kong Airlines A350 getting airborne from Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong Airlines has asked their staff to take 2 weeks unpaid leave each month until the end of June, or to work 3 days a week in the same period. At the same time the company says they are planning to slash 400 jobs completely from the airline.

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SpiceJet cancels flights to Hong Kong temporarily

SpiceJet has announced that they are temporarily canceling all flights between Delhi and Hong Kong until the 29th of February 2020. This is a lot shorter that most other operators (most other airlines who have canceled has done so until late March or April), so I think there is a good chance that we will see further extensions to this suspension as well.

Royal Brunei cancels most flights to Hong Kong until March 27th

Royal Brunei has announced that they are canceling most of their flights between Brunei and Hong Kong until the 27th of March due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Their schedule seems to indicate that they are still operating a couple of flights per week, so if you are planning to travel with them, check their website before making alternative arrangements.