Originally Posted by
EI-BUD
In Dublin Cathay is doing well and Hainan launched their Schenzhen route in response to Cathay's Hong Kong. It was a last minute launch without time to get forward bookings in order. Seems like poor planning. The brand doesn't resonate in Ireland, though that doesn't matter the greatest share of the pax will be originating in Asia.
Cathay at Edinburgh would be very tantalising, but I agree with other posters that the huge capacity that exists on the Middle Eastern routes from the Scottish market (i.e EDI and GLA) at the moment must surely mitigate against this. The political turbulence in the UK probably doesn't help either.