CX to become the carrier for the Greater Bay region
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CX to become the carrier for the Greater Bay region
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The pivot to the mainland has commenced, lounges in the ferry terminal, those mainland cadets waiting for the Guangzhou base. COS18 rewritten in simplified Chinese because it’s a handbook after all.
I’m waiting for the CX version of flying upside down, it’s coming…
The carrier is also edging closer to Beijing as it forges a new identity with a home base in the so-called Greater Bay Area, an 11-city metropolis circle in southern China. The moves come after the airline faced backlash in 2019 from Beijing over the participation of some employees in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. One senior Cathay executive told me last month the airline aimed to become the Greater Bay Area’s flag carrier and opened a Shenzhen office in 2022 as an “extended headquarters” in the region.
The pivot to the mainland has commenced, lounges in the ferry terminal, those mainland cadets waiting for the Guangzhou base. COS18 rewritten in simplified Chinese because it’s a handbook after all.
I’m waiting for the CX version of flying upside down, it’s coming…
The carrier is also edging closer to Beijing as it forges a new identity with a home base in the so-called Greater Bay Area, an 11-city metropolis circle in southern China. The moves come after the airline faced backlash in 2019 from Beijing over the participation of some employees in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. One senior Cathay executive told me last month the airline aimed to become the Greater Bay Area’s flag carrier and opened a Shenzhen office in 2022 as an “extended headquarters” in the region.
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Isn't that good expansive news? CX will expand from being Hong Kong's airline to the Greater Bay flag carrier on top of that. I know there's the move closer to Beijing which may concern many but am I missing something business wise?
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Kaboy, there are hundred of thousands of people from China working in Hong Kong. Air China owns a stake in Cathay. Hong Kong is a Chinese city in the end.
Nobody cares about where Cathay recruits come from except you.
Nobody cares about where Cathay recruits come from except you.
Nothing new there -this competition has existed for at least the past 25 years although the airline 'players' change from time to time.
