--Boundary_(ID_uu1nUNgNQU7mMbi6puXChA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT On Tuesday, Aug 19, 2003, at 10:56 America/Anchorage, mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > The website for YVR shows CX 828 departing at 14:40 for YYZ. Is CX > now using > YVR for it's tech stop on the Toronto service instead of ANC? > > Mark > Cathay Pacific has often swapped Vancouver for Anchorage this year...the Iraq war, SARS, I think the reason now is the elimination of Transit With Out Visa and other things by the US that complicates things when a flight between China and Canada stopped here and many passengers didn't have passports or visas authorizing US stops. I think I saw a CX A340 here last week, but maybe it was awhile before. Mike aha- thought I could find something official: http://www.cathaypacific.com/intl/news/2nd/ If you are flying CX828 / 829, please note that beginning 6 August, 2003, there will be a technical stop in Vancouver instead of Anchorage due to the recent suspension of "Transit Without Visa" Programme in the United States. --Boundary_(ID_uu1nUNgNQU7mMbi6puXChA) Content-type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT On Tuesday, Aug 19, 2003, at 10:56 America/Anchorage, mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx wrote: <excerpt>The website for YVR shows CX 828 departing at 14:40 for YYZ. Is CX now using YVR for it's tech stop on the Toronto service instead of ANC? Mark </excerpt> Cathay Pacific has often swapped Vancouver for Anchorage this year...the Iraq war, SARS, I think the reason now is the elimination of Transit With Out Visa and other things by the US that complicates things when a flight between China and Canada stopped here and many passengers didn't have passports or visas authorizing US stops. I think I saw a CX A340 here last week, but maybe it was awhile before. Mike aha- thought I could find something official: http://www.cathaypacific.com/intl/news/2nd/ <fontfamily><param>Arial</param>If you are flying CX828 / 829, please note that <bold>beginning 6 August, 2003</bold>, there will be a technical stop in Vancouver instead of Anchorage due to the recent suspension of "Transit Without Visa" Programme in the United States.</fontfamily> --Boundary_(ID_uu1nUNgNQU7mMbi6puXChA)--