Air China doubles Hangzhou–Hong Kong — second daily from 25 October 2026

Air China has not opened a new city pair — Hangzhou–Hong Kong was already on the board as a daily afternoon run. What changed for Northern Winter 2026/27 is the second daily: from 25 October 2026 CA put a morning A320 on the route beside the existing A321 afternoon pair, so HGH–HKG is now double daily on CA metal.

Per AeroRoutes (25 Sep filing), the NW26 shape is:

Hangzhou → Hong Kong
• CA793 — HGH 08:45 → HKG 11:35 — A320 daily (new morning)
• CA727 — HGH 15:35 → HKG 18:20 — A321 daily (existing afternoon)

Hong Kong → Hangzhou
• CA794 — HKG 12:35 → HGH 14:55 — A320 daily
• CA728 — HKG 19:35 → HGH 21:55 — A321 daily

Schedules also show a Cathay Pacific codeshare on the morning metal — CX6145 on CA793 — which is CX selling seats on Air China’s aircraft, not a CX-operated Hangzhou flight. (CX still flies its own HGH–HKG metal separately; those are not “Air China” in the metal sense.)

Air China’s other own-metal Hong Kong routes

Beyond Hangzhou, CA’s own metal into HKG for this season looks roughly like this — always distinguish CA-operated from CX/ZH codeshares:

• Beijing Capital (PEK) — multi-daily CA metal (schedule aggregators show about six CA-operated HKG–PEK rotations a day from 25 Oct). Joint Operating Services with Cathay on the Beijing corridor — CX also flies its own metal; CA650x numbers on CX aircraft are codeshares, not CA metal.
• Beijing Daxing (PKX) — 1 daily 737-800 from 25 Oct: CA763 PKX 16:15→HKG 20:00 / CA764 HKG 08:10→PKX 11:30 (AeroRoutes). CX codeshares on this CA metal.
• Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) — 1 daily A320neo after CA moved the regional HKG service off Tianfu to Shuangliu from late July 2026 (CA427/428). JOS with CX on Chengdu. Do not assume a live CA Tianfu (TFU) HKG metal without checking the ticket airport code.
• Chongqing (CKG) — typically daily CA metal (CA419 737-800). JOS with CX; CA65xx on that city pair are usually CX-operated.
• Tianjin (TSN) — CA metal (~daily, e.g. CA103); CX codeshare on CA metal.
• Dalian (DLC) — CA metal historically; suspended for a stretch in May–June 2026 then back on the books. Aggregators still disagree on the near-term winter board — treat as CA metal but re-check dates before you book.
• Yinchuan (INC) — not a live CA HKG route for NW26: trackers put Air China’s last INC–HKG around 15 October 2026; the remaining nonstops are Xiamen Airlines. CX’s partnership page may still list a historical codeshare on CA Yinchuan metal — that is not the same as CA flying it now.

Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) is the Star Alliance sister — useful on some mainland–HKG pairs (including TFU in recent filings) but it is not Air China metal.

Overall: Hangzhou was already a CA daily; from 25 October it is a proper double daily with a morning A320 and an afternoon A321, and CX can sell the morning as CX6145. For the wider CA–HKG map, stick to own-metal PEK / PKX / CTU / CKG / TSN (and Dalian with a live check) — and do not confuse those with CX-operated mainland flights that happen to carry a CA code. Schedules move; always re-check airchina.com / your GDS before you plan around a slot.

Sources: AeroRoutes — Air China increases Hangzhou–Hong Kong in NW26 (25 Sep 2026); AeroRoutes — CA NW26 PKX–HKG; AeroRoutes — Chengdu Shuangliu regional from late Jul 2026; Cathay Pacific alliances / codeshare & JOS pages; Flightmapper / FlightsFrom schedule boards cross-check 28 Oct 2026. Schedules subject to change.