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Aus106080
But it doesn't change the fact that majority of airport is owned by government.
Well at least Singapore and Japan (Narita) don't insist on bilaterals for its airport.
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Aus106080
But it is quite common in 1980s. British government project BA too.
UK moved on.
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Aus106080
After 1997 handover, there is still new carrier set up and operate in HK.
One that has to meet all the stupid PPB rules from shipping law and have sufficient red backing (the Chinese type, not the red roo one).
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Aus106080
Cx is a international carrier and it must face competition.CX cannot be monopoly.
That's the idea. That's not the practice.
Don't get me wrong - CX/KA is not a regulated monopoly to the extent that HKE/CLP is.
But certainly Govt (especially this one) is not in a hurry to change things. Which means except on a handful of routes, we have pretty cozy duopolies.
I hope there is some change when we get the third runway, more towards Singapore's direction with their liberal air services policy (any govt spending there arguably helps new entrants more than the flag carrier).
But if the status quo is perpetuated for allocation of slots for the third runway then CX is going to get the lion's share of benefit but not the proportionate cost.