Originally Posted by
Traveloguy
As there is so much competition on these routes, I don't believe a tie up between CX and QF would necessarily be turned down by the competition authorities in either jurisdiction. There would inevitably have to be some concessions, however I can't see that stopping further cooperation or even merging.
Please bear in mind that I was referring to HKG-AUS, not the entire Kangaroo Route. AFAIK, the only non-CX/QF direct flights between the two regions is VS's HKG-SYD FLT. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Nonetheless, even though I was only talking about the HKG-AUS part, if a code-share is not possible on these routes, I don't see a joint-venture between CX and QF on the entire Kangaroo routes possible, either. They can certainly keep the code-share to FCO and perhaps expand that other non-UK destinations, but definately not LHR.