So I've been part of the camp that hasn't travelled out of HK for the past 2.5 years - but given the seemingly continual (touch wood) relaxation of return quarantine requirements, am exploring travelling later this year to Auckland/Sydney open jaw (thus looking at CX).
Anyone here travelled recently on these routes or can comment on how full are flights now, typically?
Presumably they will only get increasingly fuller as the year goes on (assuming quarantine requirements continue to get relaxed). Economy flights are expensive as is, but not sure if it's worth forking out for premium economy which is a little over double the price just to get that bit of extra space. Certainly do not want to be sitting directly next to a stranger for 9+ hours on a flight elbow to elbow in economy (and a full economy cabin can be quite daunting - even pre-COVID).
Cheers!