Quoting spannesatcx
Nope not Cathay
Hmm, I dont Know? CX are going to launch at least 2 new destinations next year.
CX themselves have said they want to tap into unmet demand, and Id expect 138000 pax, with at least 40000 of those pax being MAN-HKG O&D traffic, Id say that is deffinatly unmet demand!
I dont know what your guy higher up the tree is telling you spanners, but is it possible he is not telling the truth thus to avoid leakage of information of a possible route? (Im not saying your not trusted, but usually only specific people in a company are told of this kind of info to protect confidentiality)
End of the day, there may be no chance of a CX route, but they tried in 2006 but were stopped by red tape. Maybe they want to try again? Cargo does well so a pax route offset by cargo could possibly be a low risk venture.