The CX plot thickens.
Apparently Manchester and Zurich were talked about at a recent banquet held by the CX CEO in Hong Kong, although participants were asked not to divulge information.
This combined with several news sources picking up on the news and numerous sources almost certain this could be announced as early as next week.
Flights will be a 3 class B77W, 4 times a week and direct to compete on 1 stop connections to mainland China and Australia (and apparently BA is well behind the venture to claw back some pax lost to the QF/EK alliance)
Time will tell, but these CX rumours are far, far stronger than ones that have circulated since 2005 and the failed launch of that year.