West Coast of South America = 5th freedom needed, or else a tech stop (if Mexico count as middle America)
For the mainland, they are hiring people for UO to resume sanya.
Middle East: Riyadh is on the list, but I am not sure if it will be affected by the "fake prince" issue. If Riyadh resumes, would it be Bahrain-Riyadh flight just like before?

wonder he is saying about CX alone or the whole CX group.

reasoning and possble restart of HKG-DVO
 

It has to do with the CX and SQ services surpassing PR127 JFK-MNL services and amenities.

While I'm certainly not a fan of PR, and HKG/SIN aren't bad airports, being able to get off of the plane at the destination is a much stronger draw than services or amenities for normal people. Furthermore, why would CX want compromise yields in order to kowtow to the Phils market beyond HK?

The mainland ones might be U0 but they tend not to fly out of the region so the longer haul would be CX probably.

Note the actual article doesn't include any hints beyond "mainland and Belt and Road countries," which is like 2/3 of the world:
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/secti...w-destinations

I would be really shocked if they managed to launch ten more destinations before the end of the year given the trouble relaunching Barcelona...maybe based on their training timeline for new recruits?

HK express CEO has said to media that the destinations will be increased from current 24 to 30

Don't you think that the recent buildup by Mainland carriers in Europe and the Middle East provides some pretty good hints as to what "Belt and Road" destinations are the most likely? Even if the framework itself is based mostly on geopolitics, some of these markets may well become financially justifiable if China continues to throw large sums of money at them.

UAE is not Saudi Arabia. They are two different countries.

Thanks for the comment.
I didn't mention it right. Ages ago CX got a route to Riyadh via Bahrain, if CX launch Riyadh, will they go via Bahrain(Middle East), so that will be a new destination - Bahrain.

What is the "fake prince issue"?

Various HK Government people have been made to look rather foolish by a conman claiming to be closely related to the Dubai rulers. This is the latest episode:
https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/controver...offline-today/

let’s make a guess of the 10 destinations. below is mine. You guys are most welcome to amend the list to reflect yours

CX - Hyderabad , Riyadh (known), Adelaide, Birmingham , Cape Town

UO- Sanya, Kunming, Changsha, siem reap, Kota Kinabalu,

many are indeed relaunch

Previously UO CEO said they would expand to 30 destinations from 24 within this year. Then that will leave CX 4 new destinations.

My guess:

UO: Sanya, Hiroshima, Kuala Lumpur, Siem Reap, Clark, Kunming
CX: London Gatwick, Hyderabad, Riyadh (known), Cape Town

KL is currently served by CX, so it cannot be counted as a “new destination “ of the CX group 😄

Hence I bet KK of Malaysia - Mainland Chinese can visit KK visa free

you have a point there but how about their Filipino crews going back home from HKG. Which explains to why they ended up starting CRK/DVO back in 2017-2018 time frame. Rather then them flying with rival PR on Hong Kong to the Philippines Market (local spelling 香港 菲律賓). Also useful for OFWS from CRK/DVO to avoid MNL