Originally Posted by
dcahkg
IIRC I think CX or Hong Kong, rather, got one fifth-freedom right from Canada while AC/CP got fifth-freedom rights beyond HKG, for MNL and BKK. Given that AC is unlikely to need fifth-freedom rights beyond SIN I don't know what else they would want.
Also when SQ ended SIN-ICN-YVR that was due to both low traffic and some sourness in South Korea or Canada over whether this flight was for SIN-YVR flows or it was really serving ICN-YVR right?
I can't recall exactly what AC/CP wanted, but I do know they had something that was mutually beneficial. Plus HKG is a very traffic heavy route for YVR too.
As for SIN-YVR, because SQ still flies about 3-4 flights a day SIN-ICN, I don't know if that logic is feasible. However there is some truth that one sector is heavier than the other.
Additionally, SQ also needed to evaluate the situation especially if an airport wants to reduce landing rights from 7 days a week to 4-5 days a week.
China would be an ideal hub but I don't see Beijing handing CAAC airlines' prestige routes over to SQ. Is that what the MU thing was partly about? China-U.S. flights are only just starting to expand and they probably want more time to mature and improve their product first.
I was saying pie in the sky as a hub: China > YVR
