Originally Posted by
flatlander
I see the logic of this, but that would mean leaving the other Oneworld carriers behind at Capital airport if (as I understand is currently expected) Oneworld mostly stays in Capital and Skyteam mostly moves to Daxing.
That would make connections between Oneworld at PEK a right pain in the neck since it won't be fast to move between them.
We're at a point now where JVs and other business arrangements are more important than alliance relationships (i.e. DL and VS; QF and EK). Not to mention that oneworld has no member with a hub in Beijing (well, no mainland Chinese carrier member period), so connections amongst oneworld carriers at PEK are likely minimal.
CZ's hubs will be at the new Daxing airport and at CAN. AA will need serve at least one to benefit from the upcoming partnership.