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Taipei- Hong Kong CX401
19JAN03 CX401 TPE-HKG Airline: Cathay Pacific Flight: CX401 Aircraft: B747-467 Aircraft Registration: B-HUB Departure Gate: B4 Scheduled Departure Time: 1910 Scheduled Boarding Time: 1840 Scheduled Arrival Time: 2100 Arrival Gate: 69 Seat: 63E- Economy Class Actual Boarding Time: 1845 Door Closing Time: 1911 Actual Push-back Time: 1913 Engine Start-up Time: 1915 Actual Take-off Time: 1928 Actual Touch-down Time at HKG: 2057 Flight Time- 1 Hour 29 Minutes Flight Distance- 501 Miles, 807 Km* Average Ground Speed: 544Km/h approx. Average Cruising Altitude: 35,000ft* *As informed onboard ** There is no time difference between Taipei and Hong Kong. After picking up our boarding passes from the tour leader, we went through immigration and security check. Arrived at the gate about 20 minutes before boarding. Then saw B-HOY (Cathay’s Asia’s World City B744) arriving at gate B5, made me really want to get on that aircraft rather than this one.... anyhow, maybe another time. We then boarded the aircraft at 1853 and push-back at 1913. Engine start-up was at 1915. We then taxied to RWY06 for the departure. Take-off was at 1928. Dinner was served on this flight. As with CX460, the flight was short and there was no choice in Economy Class and no menu. The dinner consisted of the following.
Fresh seasonal fruit Braised Chicken with steamed rice and Pak Choy Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Chip topping Pineapple Cake Warm Bread Roll Water Cold Beverages Tea or Coffee The meal was nice and this time, it wasn’t as rushed. We actually still have not begun descent after trays were retrieved. The Economy Class seats onboard this aircraft do not have the new features as on the A346. The PTV was the 6 inches type with a fixed PTV controls. I’ve also noticed that there were head wind of close to 200Km/hThis aircraft also does not have the new Business Class. Descent came at 2018 and gears down at 2047. We then flew past Hong Kong making the approach into RWY25R and landing at 2057. After landing, a quick taxi to gate 69 as it was close to where we left the runway. This flight then left from the same gate as CX872 to San Francisco.
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