Originally Posted by
StAIR
When SQ held 49% of Virgin Atlantic, Virgin was still a UK carrier i.e. was not allowed home privileges in Singapore, and vice versa. Not sure how the politics are going to work out if CX squeaks, but my guess is that these occurrences are rare enough that it is not worthwhile for CX to expend its political capital. Much better to use whatever little leverage it has on getting more military air space opened and for KA to serve more ports.
To be fair, when a KA jet got diverted to SZX last week and then developed a mechanical problem, the Chinese authorities gave in and allowed passengers to deplane and go to HK by land.
source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/ar...ed-storms.html
CX & KA benefits from the fact that it straddles between the definition of being a domestic and also a foreign carrier due to HK being part of China. KA flights are **usually** spared from the horrific delays and congestion of mainland airports since it is regarded as a foreign carrier with priority.