Originally Posted by Flying Doctor

So the sad sort of news on this is that at the moment:
1) BA doesn't have enough airframes due to COVID and the lateness of the 777X/8/9 programme
2) They can't get many more frames that soon
3) US picked up well is core market and allows better airframe utilisation (so 24 hour round trip especially to the East Coast etc)
4) Closed Russian airspace has made SE Asia even more expensive with fuel and also further reduces aircraft utilisation
5) SE Asia was never BAs real strong point anyway
So the bottom line is that SE Asian routes aren't coming back any time soon until the US market is saturated and its worthwhile to do so. I also wonder if rather than open more outposts in say KUL, ICN and BKK etc they will just add more capacity to the main regional hubs which are SIN and HKG. Both are opening a third runway (HKG next year as the new runway is built but they are closing sequentially the old 2 for repairs and maintenance) which will be fully operational from 2024 for HKG and I think SIN is from 2025. To add another rotation to somewhere where you already have the infrastructure etc much cheaper than a whole new base in say KUL........
FD.