Quote: "Oneworld has plenty of flights daily from London to Hong Kong. Cathay has an extraordinary amount of capacity between HKG and Taipei - approx flights every hour, many being widebodies. Would a BA direct LHR-TPE route really add anything when the 1-stop frequency is so high ?"
Indeed, have done the journey, that's probably why BA dropped the route, it's an easy transfer at HKG.