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US HK UK flyer
Apart from the other factors mentioned, UO is a heavily HK origin passenger focused airline and doesn't get the connecting traffic of CX. The market segment it serves is also lower income (yes maybe comparable after baggage fees etc. but not everyone is paying those). It might reflect that there is not enough spending power at the moment at the lower end of the HK market segment to keep those planes full in comparison to Scoot.
you should be correct how about competition against the Filipino low cost carriers remember they are against 5J and Z2 on HKG-MNL/CRK. If they want to step it up open something like this HKG-DVO/ILO currently 5J monopoly