Originally Posted by
JW95
Noticed something strange on Cathay's website this morning... Just tried searching for flights from LGW-HKG-DPS in late Jan/early Feb, and flights originating from LGW are coming in noticeably more expensive than the LHR departures, around £200-280 more in economy on the same dates (odd seeing as LHR is the usually the more expensive departure airport). Is this indicating that CX are trying to discourage passengers from flying out of LGW, or even an attempt to price themselves off the route?
It's a placeholder for the London market. There's little chance Cathay will re-open LGW until they're using all of their LHR slots. Current usage at LHR is 1 or 2 / 5 services daily. Anyone who really wants fly to HKG from LGW and books can easily be transferred to LHR.