Thanks BusyB, you are quite right. CX did give those PEK slots to KA in 1993, and they were the first assets CX stripped after the full takeover, before going on to also take away the freighter network, Sydney, Tokyo, Bangkok, most of our Taipei’s etc.
Cxorcist, none of us in KA is “retarded” (what an unfortunate turn of phrase, couldn’t you think of something better?). We know better than you what has been going on, as we are seeing it at first hand, and none of us is surprised. That does not mean we have to stand by without expressing some disquiet.
Also, you are correct, it is too bad having to put up with CX’s old and less well-equipped hand me downs, but I don’t see how any ‘long haul nice new aircraft/short haul clapped out old aircraft’ distinction applies. Dragonair has always flown and presented to our customers relatively new Airbus aircraft. Again, those of us who have been around a while can see the slow running down of the product. We know why CX does it – because they can, but again that does not mean we have to sit by quietly.
So please, spare us the ”you’ve done pretty well”, or perhaps even the inevitable “we bought you”, and at least have some sympathy for what is being done to a good brand and to a great bunch of guys and girls.