Originally Posted by
Platinum A332
QF should partner with CX (I have mentioned several reasons before, plus these new ones).
- A SYD/MEL-HKG flight can use one aircraft per day, whereas a LHR flight requires 3 (even DXB requires 2).
- CX is not as strong in Europe, and can stand to gain from additional feeder traffic (to perhaps allow CX to increase their FRA services for example).
- Middle Eastern connections available via HKG with J/W/Y product (to DXB, AUH, BAH, RUH, JED) - also to AMM on RJ.
- If QR joins oneworld, they have very strong operations out of BKK, HKG, SIN and member-elect MH hub in KUL. QF could then do a JBA with QR and BA without jeopardising the relationship with existing partners.
CX is in the same boat as EK in my view.
CX already flies to most Australian ports, and with higher frequencies than QF, so what does QF bring it...
I'm sure QF would have loved to have more codeshares / rev shares with CX, and also likely that they wanted them involved in low cost ventures in HKG...
I suspect they got told where to jump.