The flight is direct from HKG-ORD. ORD is only about 5 times the size market as YVR, and with AA connecting flights it will be even bigger. If there is a base in Frankfurt on the Euro scale, then surely there will be a 777 base in ORD and JFK in the next year or two. The only thing preventing a base will be lack of US citizens willing to stay at CX after FedEx and UPS begin hiring next year. 34% is still not enough to prevent that from happening. CX may need to order an extra aircraft just for base training at the beginning of 2012!
Last edited by airplaneridesrfun; 11th Dec 2010 at 21:43.