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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways and Australia’s Qantas move ever closer – and Virgin is miffed
- New code-share plan – still to be approved – would dramatically boost the travel options for fliers between Hong Kong and Australia
- Struggling rival says deal would be to the ‘detriment of the travelling public’
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Cathay Pacific Airways customers may soon be able to fly in the world’s biggest passenger jet.
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But Hong Kong’s top airline has not bought a batch of the Airbus A380 planes; it will be selling tickets for Qantas’ jets under a proposed code-share plan, according to sources.
The arrangement – which has riled rival Virgin Australia – would dramatically boost the travel options for fliers between the city and Australia.
Highlighting its effort to strengthen its presence in the China market, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce told the Post last week in London that the arrangement “had huge consumer benefits”.
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