Where would KA be without CX aircraft, CX providing the overheads, CX slots, CX marketing/network, CX routes ?
Who exactly will be paying for the new narrow bodies ?
KA didn’t expanded on its on merit, it expanded by CX providing the equipment, routes, slots, network, and money.
If you want to be on your own, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Genuinely amazed by this comment. Cathay bought Ka to curb its expansion plans, as they would have competed directly with CX. Ironically by stopping KA expanding, it allowed HKA to do it instead.
The KA of 2006 had Jumbos on order, plans to go to Sydney, and real expansion plans way beyond what we have seen in the last 12 years. time to command was 2-3 years, we had slots we had orders we had growth. 10 years of Cathay ownership resulted in a new paint job. We went backwards for the best part of the decade, we are only now just starting to see comparable growth to how it was in 2006.