Originally Posted by
PaulInTheSky
You can have:
1. HNL
2. Like what you said, fifth-freedom from China. This will be key cause you can have any China cities from PVG/HGH/CTU/PEK/CAN to most West Coast within reasonable flying range. SJC/SAN/SFO/PDX/SEA.
3. SEA. If DL can do it, so can KA.
4. ANC.
5. YVR - It's possible for CX to let KA take one of their segment out of HKG-YVR. Can be YVR-YYZ as well to put AC out of misery.
Haha, no!! I don't know why this is so confusing to folks. KA and CX only fly A333s they CANNOT do these flights you propose, period full stop end of story. I do not care what airliner.nets or a 2 minute internet search yields....the concept that an A333 will fly HKG to SEA, HNL, China to HNL or whatever else is proposed will lead to tech stops for every flight or planes ditching in the ocean. It is totally bizarre that it keeps coming up.
The A332 is what DL flies, and A332 DOES NOT EQUAL A333.
It's interesting nonetheless but to make the flights you propose, CX would have to allocate 77Ws or A350s to KA, or KA must buy different aircraft.