Not to mention the time "wasted" for each pit stop along the way.
More like a city bus run than an airline that once3 proudly lourded its quality of service.
Cathay has 5th Freedom rights out of Singapore but currently dont exploit that option.
Apparenty they looking a 2nd daily to NZ via SIN. (no OneWorld carrier does it)... maybe they could do SIN-CNS or SIN-BNE too.
Chilling the cabin down so punters buy blankets is surely not true? They'd be better to save gas by reducing the load the aircon and then the pax would by drinks. Far more profitable and you dont have to replace the blankets.