Bagso, yes, I'd seen the link to the BHX report and can only agree with your comments. I'm sure there is great potential for HK/China originating business for MAN which hopefully CX will capture.
The only aspect I didn't see mentioned in the CAPA report was the potential for attracting new passengers to the MAN-HK service who previously used other UK airports for departure or entry to the UK. Simply splitting up the existing market
mainly at the expense of EK, and SQ (for Australia) in particular is surely not what is intended.