Originally Posted by
phol
The only routes where I've still got CX booked is TYO for the frequency and LON, because BA is the alternative.
Plenty of other choices on that route - VS if you want non-stop, and loads if options if you don't mind stopping. Even if you want to stay with oneworld, MH are offering very reasonable prices. I have had several business class returns to them with London which cost HK$24xxx to HK$26xxx, refundable, changeable etc - and just yesterday nabbed a promo fare for business class return to London for less than HK$16,000!
Originally Posted by
percysmith
"“Slots are very scarce,” Chu said. “We want to generate more seats per slot, that’s the key thing. That’s why we are doing it. It’s very important we do it.”"
Then buy a bigger plane. A380s are available at excellent prices now, I gather!
Originally Posted by
SteveMark
Definitely the blankets shortage is about their cost-cutting in reducing weight per flight.
I find that a bit hard to believe since on a long-haul flight more than 80% of the weight is fuel, fluids, airframe etc and less than 20% is passengers, luggage, blankets...