I have been told that the pilots were expecting a month's salary for CNY, however they received nothing. Cabin crew were expecting around 3-4 months, but instead received 1 month.
Apparently the a350 due end of February may be delayed and morale on the line has dropped significantly, with many pilots now actively looking to leave.
The Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Auckland routes are not doing particularly well, and apparently with Hainan in dire straits the expansion may be all but over.
They did just receive a very old a330! It's from Avalon so a Hainan Group of companies. The a330-343, they were expecting in December will not come as the lessor did not want to take the risk. It is parked in Tarbes.
I have also been told that the company is not in trouble as it is profitable, however without the backing of Hainan it will not be able to expand to all the destinations they want to serve.
Don't shoot the messenger