Originally Posted by
US HK UK flyer
Some bad news for US market prospects in here. Analysis of the top international routes from the US shows SFO-HKG fell from 8th to 65th between 2019 and 2024 (Oct 23-Oct 24 was analyzed). SimpleFlying attributes this in part to losing SQ and HX on the route, but also that CX traffic was still half what it was:
https://simpleflying.com/the-usas-to...by-passengers/
In terms of CX traffic on SFO-HKG being half of what it was, I wonder how much of this is geopolitical (so-called "decoupling" between US & China)?