A little bit of both - Quite a few of the hotels are owned by influential people and also, not an admission of failure. I do think there were quite a few people walking around while they should have been in quarantine - I know of a couple of folks who were shamed in private groups - so I have mixed feelings about this.
What I don't have mixed feelings about is the fact that residents are not allowed to reenter HK. A matter of principles I guess.
Article in the Telegraph about expats/Cathay Dragon pilots returning home due to pandemic layoffs...
https://us.yahoo.com/lifestyle/anti-...100316986.html
Cup is half empty view: Five routes lost ...
The Cathay Pacific Group looks set to exit five cities in mainland China. A recent update from the Civil Aviation Administration of China gives the airline group the right to fly to more than 15 cities in mainland China. But the previously served cities of Jinan, Kunming, Changsha, Guilin, and Nanning are missing from the list.Despite dropping five destinations, The South China Morning Post report suggests the recent Civil Aviation Administration of China decision was a positive outcome for the Cathay Pacific Group. Given the travel downturn, the financial turbulence at Cathay Pacific, and their sometimes strained relationship with the mainland Chinese Government, rights to fly to 15 plus cities in mainland China is not a bad outcome.
https://simpleflying.com/cathay-loses-china-routes/
Not so much kill, but marginalise, I can believe that. CX loses routes to mainland airlines, it's share price already hammered by HK govt stays depressed whilst Chinese airlines bounce back quicker.Original Post Deleted
At it's low valuation it's a much easier target for a takeover by Chinese airlines with BJ's blessing...
Last edited by Coolboy; 08-02-2021 at 05:26 PM.