Originally Posted by
Air Profit
On some metrics, KA is now more expensive per pilot than CX...and increasingly so. As the previous poster commented, what is the point if that is increasingly the case?
That’s part of it, but also the traffic in and out of Mainland China has been hammered over the last 6 months. The brand (KA) still has value, but the volume simply isn’t what it was. Will it recover? Idk.
It seems HK has taken a significant turn for the worse as an Asian business center with the political instability. Increased competition from Mainland carriers and direct longhaul flights in and out of China reduce HK’s role. Even Taiwan has direct flights which siphons traffic from there and presents more competition as a hub around the region. Let’s face it... HK isn’t that special anymore.
The only thing going for HK are its people and their resilience. Other than that, it’s really just the history as a successful British colony. HK needs to re-create itself as Singapore has many times, but I’m not sure the Mainland will allow it. Time will tell...