Originally Posted by
coolfish1103
Erm, what? I'm not sure why you quoted me on this but...
Currently the Italian bilateral has rights for BR (2 weekly), but BR is not utilizing it, so there are rights for BR to utilize. They can also apply the rights that CI is not using, but they did not.
When CI stopped operating the direct flight for London, BR was also allowed to ask for the rights (that was numerous years). They did not.
Also, there are lots of rights to be utilized in Oceania, but BR only kept Brisbane.
I am not sure why you are talking about CI's accident or how the Taiwanese feel, that is not the topic we are discussing here. Also, we never said anything about BR's loading is not good for SFO (but this specific month is actually not good) or if they are more expensive or cheaper than CI.
My point is that even if CI wants to try go after BR. CI has never been able to do anything against BR head to head. SFO and LAX are good example where CI has not done well even with newer fleet now.
I don’t think CI and BR has been trying to avoid each other. Taiwan simply doesn’t have that many route authority to allocate to two airlines.