Blink182 From Azerbaijan, joined Oct 1999, 5430 posts, RR: 19 Reply 1, posted (11 years 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1546 times:
I think it will only happen if AA/CX is awarded anti-trust immunity. Last I heard here, it looks in favor of AA/CX, but I am not the one to ask.
Knowing AA though, they will probably let Cathay operate the new route as they need to expand the alliance out of LAX and into ORD or DFW where there are more AA flights and frequent fliers.
As for what destination, that is anybody's guess. Last I knew, United was flying a 744 between Chicago and Hong Kong so AA/CX might want to go to Chicago and compete with them, or they could go to an untapped market in DFW and take 100% of the pax there, and let United take 100% of the Chicago pax.
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RayChuang From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 7694 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (11 years 1 week 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1288 times:
I don't think AA will fly to HKG anytime soon. Why bother when AA pax can use the OneWorld alliance codeshare with CX for flights to HKG from SFO and LAX?
Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 5 Reply 6, posted (11 years 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1239 times:
As for what destination, that is anybody's guess. Last I knew, United was flying a 744 between Chicago and Hong Kong so AA/CX might want to go to Chicago and compete with them, or they could go to an untapped market in DFW and take 100% of the pax there, and let United take 100% of the Chicago pax.
Since load factors for the ORD-HKG route are very high, I think AA should go into ORD and compete with United on this route. This might be AA's opportunity to ease the pain of travelers flying ORD-HKG, both pricewise and roomwise. AA can definitely take a good share of the market by doing this.
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Hkg82 From Hong Kong, joined Apr 2002, 1219 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (11 years 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 1234 times:
It was reported in the SCMP a few months ago that regardless of the success of the Hong Kong-US air services talks, AA is going to start ORD-HKG with the 777 next year. Hopefully they'll stick to their plans. If AA launches ORD-HKG then there is no need for Cathay to fly that route.
Blink182 From Azerbaijan, joined Oct 1999, 5430 posts, RR: 19 Reply 8, posted (11 years 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1159 times:
Trickijedi- I agree with you. I would love to see DFW-HKG with a Cathay jet, but I think AA/CX is better off going out of ORD as they will have a leg up on United as there will be connecting pax on both ends as Cathay's main hub is at Chek Lap Kok and American has a big hub at O' Hare, not to mention that Hong Kong and Chicago are not the smallest of cities.
If my wishes come true, I see Cathay 744s or A340s at DFW a little bit after ORD-HKG is started.
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Trickijedi From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3266 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (11 years 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1128 times:
Blink182, Currently there are Cathay Pacific Cargo flights in and out of ORD to HKG via Anchorage. So it as it stands, CX may be better fit to run the ORD-HKG route and then have AA run the DFW-HKG route. An depending on the frequency of AA flights to HKG out of DFW, maybe AA can feed some of their passengers to ORD for CX to fly them to HKG. Because, as you said, AA has a big enough hub in ORD to be able to handle the traffic and the loads.
I guess we'll have to see what happens and see what AA does. Whether it be CX or AA serving ORD-HKG won't really matter to me. As long as United gets the competition for that route.
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Blink182 From Azerbaijan, joined Oct 1999, 5430 posts, RR: 19 Reply 11, posted (11 years 1 week 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1093 times:
Trickijedi-
As far as scheduling goes, I am sure AA and CX will try to leave at different times of the day so they can give pax more of a choice for times.
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