But I guess if Boeing 747ADV program does not go through, CX will have to purchase A380s... the slot problems at LHR will not likely to go away anytime soon. CX is already running thrice daily flights, as well as BA. But I guess for BA, A380s can be more useful than CX. BA have more prime routes like LHR-NRT or LHR-LAX/JFK, LHR-JNB, or LHR-SYD/MEL, and CX only has a handful... HKG-LHR, or HKG-LAX, or HKG-SYD.

Anyway, I still feel that CX is going to continue to be conservative in its fleet planning department... it will possibly not order any A380 or Boeing 787 till the product is finishing its testing phase or even some airlines are already using them. I also wonder if 747 Advance does not go through, will CX go ahead with Boeing 777-300ERs to replace 747-400s or will go with Airbus A340-500/600s, since CX seems to commit to the ideas that 777s for regional, 330 for thinner regional/medium haul, and 340s for long haul. Those 744s are aging very quickly, but CX keeps us waiting... and this waiting seems to be taking forever.

Carfield