Review of Cathay Pacific flight from Munich to Hong Kong in Economy

Hello everyone! Welcome to my flight report from Munich Germany to Taiwan back in March 2026 again with Cathay Pacific Airways. After 4 months, I had another trip to Asia. 

On the day of flight, I arrived at the airport at 9:35am with Uber due to the issue with the S-Bahn train. The check-in counters are located in concourse B and our flight would depart from the gate in concourse C. In less than 10 minutes, I finished checking my luggage. 48 hours prior to the flight, I had the online check-in and stored the boarding pass in my apple wallet.

The new Terminal 1 pier which will be opened on 21st April. This is now connecting the concourse B.

When I reached the concourse C, there were so many people and we were directed by a staff upstair to concourse D. The process there was pretty smooth and I was through in just a few minutes.

Today we would be departing from gate C04.

My plane to Hong Kong. Airbus 350-900XWB, B-LQG was delivered to Cathay Pacific Airways on July 2023.

The paper boarding pass I received at the check-in counter.

At 11:16am, there was an official announcement that boarding would begin shortly and group 0 could be boarded anytime. I was in Group 5 of the boarding sequence, so I took the time to a nearby toilet.

Once I came back, it was already my time to board the plane.

My seat 63A. It is located in the rear section of the economy class. I selected this seat mostly because the view won't be blocked by the wing, especially for day time flight.

View out of my seat.

Back of the economy seat. Welcome screen showing the seat number and the destination. Coat hook was available on the left side.

Pillow and blanket were placed neatly on my seat.

The folded tray table and the small tablet and cup holder. It was kind of funny that the small tablet holder needed to be released first in order to have the access to the USB ports below the monitor.

At 11:44am, paper menu was given to passengers. 5 minutes later, there was an announcement that we were expecting slight delay due to the ATC clearance, the flight time would be 11 hours and 13 minutes. There were 3 choices for lunch and 2 choices for the breakfast. 2 minutes later boarding was completed and two Japanese ladies were sitting next to me.

At 11:59am, safety demonstration video was played.

2 minutes later, pushback was commenced. The tug pushed us all the way back to the end of the terminal 1 pier.

Flaps were lowered to the takeoff position.

While we were taxiing to the runway, the cabin light was turned off for takeoff.

At 12:20pm, we took off from runway 08R.

Let take a look at the seat pocket items, this included a headset, Cathay magazine, safety instruction card and sea sick bag.

Blended winglet of A350.

10 minutes after takeoff, I started watching the first movie, F1: The Movie.

Even though I selected a seat behind the wing for a better view, I was unable to see the landscape below due to the clouds underneath.

At 12:34pm, LED mood lighting was switched on.

2 minutes later, a bottle of water was provided to every passengers.

Half an hour later, the crew came back with the snacks services, this included a bag of peanuts and a complementary drink. I had an orange juice.

At 13:58pm, lunch was served. We reached the Black Sea by that time.

 I opted for the sliced pork with block vinegar source, broccoli, steamed rice. I had an orange juice for the drink. 

By the time I finished the movie, We were getting close to the west coast of Georgia.

Then I started watching the second movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. From the small tab on the upper left side of the screen, we still had approximately 8 hours to Hong Kong. In just 10 minutes, I was getting sleepy and dozed off for half an hour.

By the time I woke up, the sun began to set. We were crossing the Caspian Sea.

At 16:43pm, I visited the lavatory in the front.

Back from the lavatory I continued with the movie and at 17:30pm, I fell asleep again and slept for another hour. When I woke up, I checked the flightmap again and we were close to Almaty in Kazakhstan.

At 18:53pm, I ordered a cup noodle from the crew and in just 3 minutes it was ready.

When I finished the movie, we were crossing the Taklamakan Desert.

I was about to start another movie but then I was getting very sleepy and I took a nap again.

About 1 hour and 20 minutes later, I woke up and the cabin was illuminated with LED mood lighting.

Then I began watching the movie, The Housemaid.

At this moment, we were flying over Sichuan province in China. 

Soon, the LED mood lighting then settled down with the blue and white LED ceiling.

At 22:02pm, breakfast was served. I chose the scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese option with apple juice.

The sun began to rise.

At 23:02pm, our captain announced that we had started the final descend and expected to land at 6:30am local time.

The descend into Hong Kong international airport. Weather wasn't too nice.

During the final approach, I switched over to the Top camera view for landing.

At 6:29am, our plane landed on runway 07C. Total flight time was 11 hours and 9 minutes.

With a short taxi, we finally reached our parking gate 62 in Terminal 1 of Hong Kong International Airport.

Total flight route. We flew through Austria, Hungary, Romania into The Black Sea, then continued through Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, China and arriving in Hong Kong.

Thanks for reading!