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 is by no means tiny compared to SQ. They are far superior in N America in terms of frequency, and SQ doesn't even fly to Canada...
My point here though is there's no point comparing carriers that are in very different geographical locations. The ME3s would trump in the European/African market but similarly fall short on the Asian side.
I don't think any airline would launch a route knowing that it would not be profitable, but from the Cathay POV they want to make sure that a route is able to roll cash in almost from day 1- hence at times quite conservative.
Seeing how quickly MAN, ZRH and BOS have come online, I think we can expect new LH/ULH routes to be launched once they get hold of A350s, simply to claw back on the lead over BR, CI and the mainland Chinese airlines.