wayne_krr
I wouldn’t say CX is trying to make a home base out of Australia, just market share. If the two governments allow an increase in services to or from both countries, even fifth freedom rights, then I’m sure CX will take advantage of it just like QF has out of HK to LHR from the last agreement. Prior to CX taking over KA, CX had an effective home base market that encompassed about 70 million people. Hong Kong’s population alone is about 7 million with a huge population just over the border in the Pearl River Delta region. Since the Cathay take over of Dragon Air, and 20% ownership of Air China that home base market has swelled to about 1.5 Billion People. A lot more than Australia’s 20 million.