Originally Posted by
CX860
I see where you are coming from but a) there are ports like ZRH and MXP that are not multiple daily but skew premium and b) the J cabins are packed to the rafters right now and I don't think the yield is low given the prices I am seeing, particularly to Oz - Perth was the last one I checked and it was 38k for I class on a sub-8 hours flight. I can count on one hand the number of fights I have seen empty seats in J on since COVID. There is a place for less premium heavy birds particularly if they are inevitably going to go back to DUB, IAD etc. or start VIE or go back to year round FCO, ADL etc They can't just keep jamming LHR/JFK/LAX.
It is the only way CX can increase capacity without new planes. And they are betting on HK bound PEY cabin has barter yield than the outgoing F cabin n J seats. They don’t have much to leverage on to boost short term financials. And management now clearly cares less about long-term market positioning vs pre COVID.