CX to operate from US to UK?
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CX to operate from US to UK?
Now hold on, this isn’t going to happen tomorrow or even next week, but some comments by Mr. Andrew Pyne, Cathay Pacific general manager for international relations, are extremely interesting. It’s a somewhat complicated story, as anything interesting regarding Hong Kong tends to be:
According to an article in The Standard, it seems that Virgin Atlantic wants rights to fly between Hong Kong and Australia. According to Pyne, any such routing available to Virgin would also need to be available to other European carriers, according to European rules. And that would be a big issue for CX, unless CX got something in return.
And here comes the intriguing part. According to The Standard, Pyne said that, if there were negotiations between Britain and Hong Kong with a view to letting Virgin fly from Hong Kong to Australia, then Cathay Pacific would want rights across the North Atlantic from Britain to the US. “Cathay Pacific has been seeking the rights from the UK to the US for a long time,” Pyne said. He said that, while Virgin wanted Hong Kong-Australia rights, “Virgin has been instrumental in blocking open skies between the UK and the US.”
JFK-LHR-HKG has a nice ring to it, don’tcha think?
According to an article in The Standard, it seems that Virgin Atlantic wants rights to fly between Hong Kong and Australia. According to Pyne, any such routing available to Virgin would also need to be available to other European carriers, according to European rules. And that would be a big issue for CX, unless CX got something in return.
And here comes the intriguing part. According to The Standard, Pyne said that, if there were negotiations between Britain and Hong Kong with a view to letting Virgin fly from Hong Kong to Australia, then Cathay Pacific would want rights across the North Atlantic from Britain to the US. “Cathay Pacific has been seeking the rights from the UK to the US for a long time,” Pyne said. He said that, while Virgin wanted Hong Kong-Australia rights, “Virgin has been instrumental in blocking open skies between the UK and the US.”
JFK-LHR-HKG has a nice ring to it, don’tcha think?
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This may be a stupid question, but wouldn't US have anything to say about something like this? After all, how would this benefit US based airlines?
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by andrzej:
This may be a stupid question, but wouldn't US have anything to say about something like this? After all, how would this benefit US based airlines?</font>
This may be a stupid question, but wouldn't US have anything to say about something like this? After all, how would this benefit US based airlines?</font>
If U.S. airlines can fly to HKG, pick up passengers and fly onward to a foreign destination, CX or any other H.K. airline flying to the U.S. should be able to do the same.
AFAIK, there aren't too many, if any, passenger 5th freedom rights exercised by U.S. airlines. PA and UA periodically operated HKG-SIN. I think HKG-BKK was operated too.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
AFAIK, there aren't too many, if any, passenger 5th freedom rights exercised by U.S. airlines. PA and UA periodically operated HKG-SIN. I think HKG-BKK was operated too.</font>
AFAIK, there aren't too many, if any, passenger 5th freedom rights exercised by U.S. airlines. PA and UA periodically operated HKG-SIN. I think HKG-BKK was operated too.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jiml1126:
Could be a big blow to Singapore Airlines, the carrier that has been waiting for permission to fly UK-US for many years.</font>
Could be a big blow to Singapore Airlines, the carrier that has been waiting for permission to fly UK-US for many years.</font>
SQ will sh!t on itself if CX walks away with this "award"... and rightfully so IMO.
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[quote]<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ConcordeBoy:
That's part of the old PA RTW flight (and also UA's UA1/2 at some later date? I forgot which route it took - thought it flew via BKK.
Originally posted by terenz:
How could you forget the (in)famous DEL-HKG??
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How could you forget the (in)famous DEL-HKG??
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ConcordeBoy:
SQ will sh!t on itself if CX walks away with this "award"... and rightfully so IMO.
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SQ will sh!t on itself if CX walks away with this "award"... and rightfully so IMO.
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I assume if this went ahead AAdv would exempt mile-earning from CX transatlantic flights just as it does BA flights. Who in their right mind would fly translatlantic in AA ahead of CX????
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by alect:
I assume if this went ahead AAdv would exempt mile-earning from CX transatlantic flights just as it does BA flights. Who in their right mind would fly translatlantic in AA ahead of CX????</font>
I assume if this went ahead AAdv would exempt mile-earning from CX transatlantic flights just as it does BA flights. Who in their right mind would fly translatlantic in AA ahead of CX????</font>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PresRDC:
Codesharing agreements require anti-trust immunity from the US government, which it will not give if the codesharing agreement involves an airline from country with which the US does not have an Open Skies accord. </font>
Codesharing agreements require anti-trust immunity from the US government, which it will not give if the codesharing agreement involves an airline from country with which the US does not have an Open Skies accord. </font>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PresRDC:
Since the US and HK have such an agreement</font>
Since the US and HK have such an agreement</font>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PresRDC:
the US would not refuse antitrust immunity and thus AA would allow you to earn AA miles on CX transatlantic flights.</font>
the US would not refuse antitrust immunity and thus AA would allow you to earn AA miles on CX transatlantic flights.</font>