Originally Posted by
brunos
A common view is that international travel will not reach a significant level (say 50% of pre-Covid level) in the next 2 to 3 years. Miracles can happen, but some predictions are even more gloomy.
CX will be more affected than most other airlines as it does not have domestic flights.
I don't think that CX can follow contractual rules like "last in/first out". Survival dictates drastic action as HKSAR will not put up much more money..
The outlook has worsened since June. As SXC suggested, reality will hit hard. Survival is not certain.
Agree. Just look at the EK approach. Given they cut the number by half of their A380 pilots I think its reasonable to expect that they might only fly 30-50 of their A380s over the next 2 years. Sir Timmy said they'll keep all 115 but let's see....
That being said, I think EK might be even stronger hit than CX given the large number of wide bodies and the strong reliance on hub and spoke (not sure if there is an airline which is actually harder hit by Covid than EK but there are better experts to judge)
Sad for everyone loosing his/her job though.