Consolidation of Asian Carriers on the card?

[Foreigner]

Interesting possibilities expressed in the following CAPA article:

Cathay Pacific Airways' long-haul growth could provoke Asian airline consolidation; ANA and SIA? | CAPA - Centre for Aviation

 

[TomVexille]

CXs growth in the US market is what surprised me most in that

 

[dajop]

CXs growth in the US market is what surprised me most in that

When you think about it, CX have great geographical location to link US & Southern/Western China/SE Asia (and even isn't too out of the way for the rest of China). Probably one of (if not the) top tier carriers for US-China, and has simpler connections to a lot of Chinese cities (vs flying into Mainland China gateway city and connecting domestically).

 

[TomVexille]

When you think about it, CX have great geographical location to link US & Southern/Western China/SE Asia (and even isn't too out of the way for the rest of China). Probably one of (if not the) top tier carriers for US-China, and has simpler connections to a lot of Chinese cities (vs flying into Mainland China gateway city and connecting domestically).

Absolutely. It makes heaps of sense. I just never thought about it.

 

[Foreigner]

Buying into Dragonair was a smart strategy.

 

[yohy?!]

Not for consumers unfortunately with the return to a monopoly but yes see what you mean

 

[drron]

This graph is interesting-Annual seat capacity in Southwest Pacific-

 

[Foreigner]

drron, the most interesting aspect is the marked reversal in QF capacity over 10 years. Everyone else is in the positive.