China Hainan charters to SYD

[lloyd fox]

27JUL arr 1930 out 2145 Tuesday
01aug arr 0655 out 0950 Sunday

Equip 346 .

Lucky Buggars.Being polite of course.

[Peter Agatsiotis]

Thanks Lloyd

From memory, these are ex Cathay machines.

[greg willy]

Hainan has 3 346's B-6508, B-6509 and B-6510 All are ex-Cathay aircraft.
Greg Willy

[Arthur T]

Where's the origin of the trip for Hainan's Charter?

[M TIAN]

27 Jul HU7931 HAK-SYD originating from Haikou, Hainan Island.

01 Aug HU7??? PEK-SYD Sorry, forgot the flight number.

[lloyd fox]

Looks like they want to start up flights..see page 2 below

http://www.travelweekly.com.au/dirpl...26_07_2010.pdf

[phil.l]

Is the A340 still on for tomorrow?

[Tim Bowrey]

Echoing Phil's post and do we know who is onboard and where it may park?

[Stefan Perkas]

Tim,
In answer to who mught be on board,
This is from Page 1 of the link provided by Lloyd,

China’s Hainan Airlines is considering flights to Australia from Beijing and Shanghai. A large delegation from the airline’s parent company will arrive in Australia tomorrow for talks with officials.

[Peter Agatsiotis]

The A340 is on PP at FL390 approaching Coonamble as CHH7931.

Reg is B-6509 c/n 453 ex B-HQB. (Hexcode is 780533 for those with 'boxes')