Just a few more thoughts...
1. Still no AOC, so still no airline
2. 6 A320's is a nice idea, but shame there is no-where to park that many between 11am-1pm, and 6pm-8pm. And following any red TS warning. And 6 A320s for the 3 countries (ie 6 routes) you mentioned is unlikely. Either 6 acft includes a number of other routes (eg SIN, China), or 2 acft is really the real number for the next 2-3 years.
3. Vietnam, Philippines and Japan? This is a complete turnaround from China, China, China as the previous stated strategy. Admittedly, given the new visa rules for mainlanders, something was likely to change. However it does make MAX mgmt look confused. Moreso when you consider 1 (and from October 2) loco airlines already operate from MFM to Clark and MNL. As does as Air Macau too. Furthermore, Air Macau recently said its future focus is on Japan, which makes the Japan strategy also look unlikely, give MAX's parentage. So that just leaves Vietnam. Meanwhile, where has SIN gone?
Hailer, I dont work for MAX so I cant be sure. But it looks like what you are being told is just
PR bluff to wind up Viva. My guess is it taking another 6 months to get an AOC (and therefore to call pilots), and then MAX starting to SIN, maybe KL and BKK, plus taking some Tier 2 Chinese cities from Air Macau (such as Changsha, Guiyang, Haikou, Kunming) to create space for Air Macau to put Japan in its schedule.
Just some thoughts....