Merging of KA & CX, it isn’t going to happen! The company have sought economies of scale to the maximum possible (shared facilities in cx city, duplicated positions elimated and transferred to CX, more to come) A large sum of money was spent on the rebranding of KA to align it with CX as closely as possible to strengthen the group brand and allow the synergies mentioned above without a merger, for the specifc reason of wanting to avoid a merger, but bring the synergies and economies that would have come from one! (How Cathay)
Might be a nice thought for a 15+ year KA Skipper who might one day fly long haul (unlikely since CX don’t allow fleet changes) Or a 5-6 year CX FO dreaming of an early command on the narrow body regional operation, but it won’t happen as it doesn’t benefit management & the stakeholder!
Every year this comes up and every year nothing happens, look at COS18 and other pressing items (bases,fleet transfer,housing,RA55-65) if you want something to worry about!