There is writing on the wall, and while I commend your optimism It does not reflect the gravity of the situation.
The fiirst recovery will be / is domestic air travel.
The second is travel within unions / partnerships. EU or Canada - US, HK - mainland as examples.
The third is intercontinental. The leisure marked will not return to this segment for many, many years, maybe never. Point to point travel to HK is not enough, Cathay sells transit between Asia and the rest of the world. That puts the airline in the worst possible situation considering virus mutations and the highly ustable travel advisories being constantly amended. The lack of standardised vaccine passes, various vaccines being used and the different amount of doses being applied to various populations compunded by the out-of-synch regional outbreaks makes for grim propects of intercontinental travel.
And that's before even mentioning the political situation in HK. A gweilo airline has no future in that landscape.
Just saying.
Last edited by quadspeed; 5th Sep 2021 at 13:49.