Originally Posted by
Kachjc
why would AA advertise about CX
the interesting thing is that CX is not advertising or promoting the route like it does with NADI and other CX codeshared destinations.
meh if AA wanted an Asian presence HKG was pointless- AA is advertised on every CX flight to USA AA should have used their new aircraft to launch other Asian cities like Taipei etc. ( and please do not say there is no market when the Taiwanese can operate 3 daily flights)
umm CX inever launches a route with the intention or knowledge that it would make a loss, their CEO's have always said that and hence CX expansion is very conservative.
I am confident that MAN-HKG and ZRH-HKG traffic is greater and more premium than DFW-HKG
and even with the additions CX only serves 53 destinations- that is tiny compared to SQ /EK/QR
CX does advertise actually. They don't promote that route specifically, but if you look at AA's inflight magazine, you'll see CX advertisements.
AA has always been very weak in Asia. I think they have tried with TPE and it didn't work. They are in some ways like CX. Very conservative when it comes to route expansion. In the past, they were too focused on feeding NRT and you can see NRT is not the same as it was years ago.
I agree about CX being very conservative, but that culture is slowly starting to change. They have to be aggressive because airlines like CI, BR, CA, MU, and even JL are stepping up their game.
Also, the aircraft order with the 779 is being a step ahead.