Originally Posted by
CarefreeBA
What does that say? CX is entrusting in feeders to their ports and existing demand in destinations that they already fly to in North America where as in Europe, they really want themselves to be the first airline that pax choose.
The geopolitics make sense, but seems risky from a market POV since North Americans (well, the US) have the money to fly CX whereas Europeans will be more inclined to look for bargains.
HKG also makes more sense as a North American gateway to SE Asia than as a European gateway to most Asian destinations.