Hong Kong Airlines is Hong Kong’s third largest airline, and they’ve been struggling financially for quite a while. The airline has been working on cutting costs, and that has included them cutting many routes, including discontinuing service to the US.
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Will it go the way of Jet Airways? HNA Group has plenty of airlines in the mainland (at least ten), but it won't pull the plug on them right yet.
What is Hong Kong's second largest airline?
1.Cathay Pacific
2.??????????
3.HongKong Airlines
Hong Kong Airlines is indeed Hong Kong's second largest airline. I believe Ben is counting Cathay Dragon as a separate airline from Cathay Pacific, which isn't the reality in economic / market share terms.
As of March, 2019:
seat share from HKG
31.2% - Cathay Pacific
15.9% - Cathay Dragon
9.9% - Hong Kong Airlines
5.1% - HK Express
2.6% - China Airlines
2.3% - China Eastern
source: Diio
Cathay Dragon has its own AOC (Air Operating Certificate) separate from Cathay Pacific's AOC, so despite being a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, it is an entirely separate airline from a regulatory point of view.
I'm guessing that they can sell extra airplanes. AA and UA need extra planes because of the 737 grounding and their 2020 expansion plans. Other airlines are in the market for extra planes too.
This could also be a chance for another carrier that wants to buy a 49% equity stake in a Hong Kong based airline.
My gf just resigned as a fight attendant from HU, the largest airline in the HNA group. She’s still awaiting layover money that’s owed to her from as far back as March.
I’ve qualified for AS 75k 3 years in the row flying nothing but HU, but after learning how horribly this company treats their employees, I’ve taken a moral stand against flying them ever again. It’s easy to offer $1200 business class fares when only your foreign pilots are getting paid on time.
Tried to buy tickets with them several times recently and they just wouldn't take my money. Horrible website, worse phone system where agents tell you to go online and the server crashes, or something, after wasting time inputting all my info. Went with another, better, airline and direct flight instead...
What would you suggest that I do with the 35,000 miles that I have in their FF program. I don’t have any plans on going to Asia until next fall, at the earliest. I could use them easily on Alaska Airlines, if I could do it over the phone. I can’t lid into the Hong Kong Airlines website.
@Voldoo, this is just kind of caos or cascade situation that if they do not have money, they certainly could not pay you guys well; then you guys do not feel well, then the service will be influenced, then financially even more struggling. I hope they will find a way out as it was really a decent airline when it used to be financially better.
Probably part of the reason why VA has been interlining with NH instead of HX for flights to Japan. (at least until March 2020 when VA's own non-stop flights from BNE and codeshare arrangement with NH from SYD/PER to HND and beyond kicks in).
Hainan Airlines and its subsidiaries will ultimately have to be taught the lesson of not overexpanding by the market...
I flew HK Airlines twice. People super sweet, but the airline is fucked up. They sell whole legs of ham from Spain in their on board duty free. A bit worn planes. Sorry. Much more friendly, even if maybe as seasoned as CX crews though. For the price I would do it again. They fly business fully declined with bubbles within Asia at CX economy flights on some routes.