China Airlines to fly A350s to Sydney from 01 Dec

[Mark T]

China Airlines has confirmed
it will introduce its new Airbus
A350-900 aircraft on flights
between Sydney and Taipei and
will boost frequencies to double
daily, starting 01 Dec.
The services will also connect
with the Taiwan-based carrier’s
recently reintroduced services
to London Gatwick on four days per week, allowing
travellers to fly the entire journey
aboard A350s.
London flights will depart SYD at
2210, arriving LGW 1530 the next
day after a five-hour stopover.
The second daily service from
Sydney to Taipei will operate early
afternoon, departing 1330.
China Airlines’ new carboncomposite
A350s will be fitted in
three-class configuration, with 32
Business class seats, 31 Premium
and 243 Economy class seats

[Grahame Hutchison]

Definitely something to look forward to Mark

[James Smith]

The first scheduled A350 service to Sydney and two per day, if no one else jumps in earlier.

[Mark T]

CHINA Airlines will be decreasing its
daily frequency between Taipei
Taoyuan and Sydney to five
weekly from 29 Oct to 26 Nov using A330s
before moving to double daily A350 flights.

[Michael Cleary]

The Double Daily services seem to have been a bit much, as they are now down to 3 x weekly CI55/56 (the daytime flights), with the overnight CI51/52 remaining daily.

I have experienced these changes first hand as 3 out of 4 of my flights cancelled weeks ahead, and the one that stayed as scheduled (CI55 on 12 June) had just 51 passengers - good for the passengers, but not for the airline.

I suspect that they will become seasonal.