I can see CX launching service to West Sydney, once it is opened, but not sure if OOL and CBR are in considerations anytime soon without the new A330-900s delivered. The new 339s can actually make these Australian secondary destinations economically feasible. I can see Cairns going back full time and Adelaide being restarted. Only then we can see possible new Australian destinations like Darwin, Gold Coast, and Canberra.

About Europe, they are most likely going to start Budapest because of Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese "one belt one road" initiative. Birmingham has been rumored for a long time but given CX has not even returned to Gatwick, it is not going to happen anytime soon.

Warsaw, Vienna and Lyons are "no" for now. Given Lufthansa has not even restarted its own Munich flight and I don't even think Austrian will restart Hong Kong flights. We have to understand that flights to Europe are so much longer now so airlines are more cautious in restarting any Asia to Europe flights. I am actually surprised that CX will start Munich and restart Brussels (before restarting Gatwick), but maybe CX just wants to take advantage of Lufthansa and Lufthansa Group's current situation with a lack of long haul aircraft. Barcelona and Rome are unsurprising because there is always high demand. For 2025, I think we are pretty much done. Hopefully once 777-9s and Airbus A330-900neo come online in 2026/27, CX can start a few interesting routes including a few ones noted here. I can see Copenhagen/Dublin/London Gatwick coming back and maybe Birmingham service can finally start.

Carfield