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Old Aug 9, 2023 | 2:58 pm
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Originally Posted by TravellingChris
Manila-bound passengers should have been placed on ANA flights from NRT rather than CX ones via HKG.
I disagree with that: A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper

I'd much rather the HKG connection. More options are always better.

Originally Posted by TravellingChris
We see this again with AC's relationship with Emirates. There are plenty of onward destinations that Emirates serves (such as in the Middle East and Subcontinent) that AC doesn't. However, most of those cities are already served by Star Alliance carriers such as Turkish Airlines and Air India. Shouldn't AC be directing onward traffic onto their flights instead of those of non-member Emirates?
AC fares to India (okay, I only checked a couple for YYZ-GOI) do allow routing on AI. Or UK. Or EK.

But this is a totally separate discussion from codeshares. All of this could be done (or is done) with native flight numbers.
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