One of the biggest fallouts of the 345 and 346 fiasco was the non launch of the HKG-DFW service. CX was all set to launch this is 2004. They had acquired gates, signed a preliminary contract with the airport etc. etc. But after the dismal peformance of the 346, they could not justify the route for the (comparitively) small pax load. Thus the non-stop service got pushed back (all of this is subject to change) to 2007. I would assume that this means that they have positions on 777-200LR deliveries in 2007.

BTW, this was a huge blow to DFW. CX was going to be a marquee addition to the new Terminal D. For those in the know, in 2003, the director of DFW airport had huge CX models displayed in his office and had already talked about the plans "off the record" to the media (of course that did not stop the Dallas Morning News from leaking that).

As it stands now DFW has lost (since 9/11) Air France, Sabena, Swiss Air and a daily JAL flight. It hoped to make up (by now) with Air India, CX, SQ and KLM. None of those happened.