Originally Posted by
chongcao
to reply to your point:
1, Air China has a hub in Beijing and China Eastern has a hub (or two in fact) in Shanghai. Both have a sizeable of int-dom transit passengers number, even in Chinese terms. So is China Southern, which has a hub in Guangzhou, a focus city strategy (had the plan for a hub in Beijing but their A380 strategy was damaged by CAAC) in Beijing. You said very few people use these airport for connecting flights, that is not true. Beijing and Shanghai has one of the highest transit passengers number in China. You are confused with the idea of US domestic hub (i.e. Dallas/Denver) and a transportation hub (i.e. Frankfurt/Paris) that has a mixture of int-dom passengers.
2, There is no evidence suggest CX doesn't want HU in oneworld. This has been a fantasy of bloggers for years. But no hard evidence. CX has never said they don't want HU. They may have expressed concerns about HU. There is a big difference between the two.
1. I'll concede that CAN does function as a hub for CZ, though not in the ORD/DEN manner with which most FTers are familiar. And, of course BJ/SH do have the the highest numbers of transit passengers in China because they are the largest markets. That having been said, point-to-point travel is the norm in these parts because connecting is miserable and air fares are typically additive.
2. It's really no secret that Slosar dislikes competition. I don't feel comfortable name dropping in the public forum, but you are welcome to PM me if you desire sources which back up this claim.