I'm looking at booking an Avios redemption flight in First class on HKG-TPE in April. I couldn't find any availability at all on the BA Avios booking tool for April, so checked whether F was available on paid tickets using Google flights. I found availability for paid F is daily until the end of October, then drops to 3 or 4 days per week until March 24th and then no paid First at all showing after that.

Is CX abandoning short-haul F, or is it just that they won't finalise aircraft rostering until later? Or is it that they plan to shift this route to Cathay Dragon?

If F is to become available on HKG-TPE in April, when would this be likely show up on Google flights?

Last question - is F in Cathay Dragon up to the same standard as F on a CX flight code?