Originally Posted by
Dobbo_Dobbo
Good point Skipness, my view on the MEB3/4 is a bit chicken and egg. They are very good at providing tangible proof that a certain market exists, but they also act to stifle direct services.
As noted above, BKK is the classic example. One of the highest unserved city pairs on earth, but yield remains the issue due to the one stop fares of EK, EY and QR.
It's not all bad news, as CX at HKG has shown. I expect the coming years will see some more CX type success stories on routes like PVG, TYO, ICN - and possibly BOM, BKK, KUL - each of which have major one stop flows from MAN and/or significant surface leakage.
Indeed. It just needs one airline to take the plunge, the question is who?