Originally Posted by
marcommm
IMO CX/KA and HKIA are largely influencing each other. When CX/KA does well, HKIA is benefited as a result of that, vice versa. I don’t see why the building of the third runway is subsidizing CX/KA. The third runway is not gonna be used exclusively by CX/KA.
It depends who you think will get the new slots:
- CX has better economics than its competitors for long haul routes
- CX has worse economics than its competitors for some short-haul markets, but its downside is constrained by bilaterals
--- If HX/UO fails, even better for CX on the bilaterals.