Cathay Pacific ramps up Sydney, Melbourne flights from November

A step in the right direction!  Will Cathay offer some reward seats on these flights?

Will flights to ADL resume? (Previously there was daily flights, with 2 on some days.)

Regarding transits through HKG, in addition to the conditions outlined here, one had to have the onward  ticket on the same PNR as the incoming flight? Has this been dropped by CX?

I long for the simple days. Remember when you booked a flight, boarded a plane and arrived at your destination. Very little fuss, very simple and easy rules to follow. Now I feel I need to do a Special University Course just to comprehend all the rules, conditions, restrictions and laws. Great news that Cathay Pacific is coming back to Sydney, but ease up on the many conditions!

Same PNR still needed for transit in  HKG. See here:

https://www.hongkongairport.com/en/important-notice/index.page?noticeid=1523424631510-3

Great news I am boked on CX from Brisbane to Paris in April and hope by then the flight I am booked on will actually operate. Hopefully in 6 months other lounges will be available as well but The Wing isn't really a hardship on the layover.

HKG to BNE, all flights zero’d out until mid-Jan.  I sniff some changes for the BNE flights in the works too

HKG -> BNE.  All flights zeroed out until mid Jan.  I feel some Brisbane changes in the pipeline

CX still charging full price and more for biz class but not offering lounge access. Had several discussions with them that in Taipei other lounges are open as are all the food places so why can they not arrange use of another lounge or give vouchers. Usual BS from CX its all in the interest of safety .  They have been cutting corners on everything they can for years now since those idots lost millions of fuel hedging and yet they still charge passengers for it. The morons that caused all that trouble are still on fat salries and bonuses all waiting to become part of Air China.

CX now showing flights on Fri & Sat to HKG ex Perth.

Good to know we can still transit through HKG, I often chose Cathay for that reason, along with the number of flights to/from Sydney and to many destinations, eg London was 4-5 flights per day. But reports this week indicate HK as a city will be closed to 'outsiders' until at least the second half of next year because #1 priority is mainland China by middle of 2022, so under the 'COVID ZERO' plan I don't see HK welcoming even fully vaccinated visitors without quarantine until this time next year!

It looks like Cathay have scaled back their BNE -> HKG plans for December.  Now only 2 services per week (matching their November schedule).

PSA: Anyone booked on CX104 (MEL-HKG) on a Wed or Fri is advised to check the status of their booking. I was booked for Wed Dec 8th, which has been cancelled, rebooked on CX178 (the 1am departure). All well and good, but I received no notification whatsoever from Cathay. What's more, I was due to fly SYD-MEL on QF (for status purposes) same day, connecting with CX104. This was all booked on the Cathay site and on the same ticket. They did not change the SYD-MEL sector. (I discovered the cancellation by accident whilst in the QFF app for something unrelated). 50 minutes on the phone with Cathay arguing about re-booking as they deem any flight other than the one THEY reschedule you on to be a "discretionary" change. All this despite the fact I am on a fully flexible J fare. Good thing I noticed the cancellation - moving my departure forward 10 hours meant I would have been sound asleep when my flight departed and ended up in Melbourne later that afternoon with no flight to catch.