Originally Posted by
FFMAN
One thing that has really been noticeable between 3 years ago and now is that recently I have been almost certainly the only non-Chinese (origin?) person on the entire plane whereas at the beginning it was much more mixed. I take from that that the service just ain't cutting it with the locals here.
I expect the growth of CX from 4 weekly to daily, and now on their latest kit the A350-1000, will have lured away some of the locals and business passengers who previously tried Hainan to mainland China. The UK originating demand for China is only a fraction the size of the China originating traffic. Finnair also appear to be doing very well with many flights now on A320/A321 rather than E195s, and much of their traffic connects beyond Helsinki to China and the Far East. The pot is only so large I suppose