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Nov 17, 2024 | 10:02 pm

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sbiddle

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Originally Posted by jawnbc

While I like the idea of extending AKL YVR to LON, it would be in direct competition with daily AC flights--which I think ratchets up to 10/week in their summer. Plus BA flies it too. Even with the longer flight time, HKG always made more sense to me: a proper transit airport nearly halfway between LON and AKL, and no Star Alliance non-stop flights LON HKG.

That's because HKG (and many Asian distinctions) are completely screwed right now with airspace restrictions. HKG lost a massive market for tourism and an entire market for transit because of the crazy flight times now.

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