Originally Posted by
lsquare
I do hope you're wrong and that CZ will ultimately join OW. I hope DL and CZ can strengthen their partnership even more in the future considering they're both going to be flying in and out of PKX.
In one of the other threads on this topic, I was accused of lacking current knowledge about CX's China aspirations, and I admitted that I'm not 100% up to speed on this matter. That having been said, I don't believe that CZ will join OneWorld anytime soon:
-CX is OW's gateway to China, and they seem to like this position
-CZ offers very low J fares on routes like HKG-JFK (via CAN, mind you), and might be somewhat constrained if it was a OW member
-CZ is a much bigger airline than CX
IMO, CX's split alliance strategy is smart. While they are surely perturbed by CZ ties with AA and BA, this shouldn't affect their strategic vision.