Cathay Pacific Asia Miles - CX round the world

hi, interesting article on the HK Standard yesterday;

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/thestandard/news_detail_frame.cfm?articleid=41054&intcatid=1

*possibilities* of a CX hkg-yvr-jfk-lhr-hkg

i remember reading a post here on this topic some time ago but cant find it now- at least the rumour of CX trans atlantic sounds closer and closer to becoming reality (cross my fingers).

An LHR stopover would rock!

Might be a good idea but I doubt the U.K. authorities would allow CX to obtain and use 5th freedom for LHR-JFK. SQ has been trying to get/do this for years.

Only AI and Kuwait airways have (and use) 5th freedom between LHR and JFK.

If CX cannot secure fifth freedom rights to operate LHR-JFK v.v., could CX place its code on BA's or AA's transatlanctic flights from LHR-JFK? Otherwise could CX replace another city instead of LHR in the RTW service? DUB, ZRH, MAN, HEL,...?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cslusarc:
If CX cannot secure fifth freedom rights to operate LHR-JFK v.v., could CX place its code on BA's or AA's transatlanctic flights from LHR-JFK? Otherwise could CX replace another city instead of LHR in the RTW service? DUB, ZRH, MAN, HEL,...?</font>

My guess is if they really wanted to do RTW, they could of done it out of Manchester, but they pulled out of Manchester a little over a year ago. CX main focus destination in Europe is LHR.
I would love to see CX fly LHR-JFK as their product is much superior to AA on that route.

AFAIK CX already HAS the right to fly LHR-JFK and it is being used as a concession chip in the transatlantic negotations with the regulators.

Previous FlyerTalk discussion (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum85/HTML/001645.html) about possible US-Europe flights by CX.