Cathay Pacific has cut capacity to New York for their upcoming winter schedule, which starts on October 25, 2020.
Up until October 24, 2020, the airline is offering:
25x weekly flights to New York JFK, including 3x daily flights operated by 777-300ERs with first class, and 4x weekly flights operated by A350-900s
Daily flights to Newark, operated by A350-900s
This doesn’t even account for Cathay Pacific cutting their New York to Vancouver to Hong Kong flight as of this spring
Meanwhile according to the schedule, as of October 25, 2020, the airline will offer:
11x weekly flights to New York JFK, including 1x daily flights operated by 777-300ERs with first class, and 4x weekly flights operated by A350-900s
Daily flights to Newark, operated by A350-900s
In other words, in late October Cathay Pacific will cut two daily flights between Hong Kong and New York, which is huge.
Not only is that a massive capacity cut in general, but it means that the number of first-class seats available to New York is being cut by two thirds, as the airline is going from 18 daily first-class seats to six daily first-class seats. Or maybe even three quarters, depending on how you look at it if you want to count the New York to Vancouver flight.
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