Amen to that. No OW connections between ICN-PEK, ICN-PVG, or various domestic flights within China itself is a disasterous move that can cripple OW in the future. By lacking Brazil, India and China (three big countries with huge populations and with large domestic potential), OW cannot compete in the 21st century.

Also one needs to consider the reality that is taking place right now in Asia. NRT is fastly losing ground to ICN as an East Asian hub, HKG is starting to slack against the new financial hub Shanghai. PEK's economical and political influence is growing exponentially in that region. Fifty years down the road, it's going to be India and Mumbai that will overtake China and Shanghai as the most populous country/city in the world.

OW should seriously take a second look at their alliance in geo-political and geo-economical terms on a worldwide scale and fifty years down the road. Which countries are going to be the key players in the 21st century? Any economics guru will say BRICs: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Yay, so we got S7 for Russia. That's 1 down, 3 to go.