So China Eastern is looking to go it alone with its own low cost outfit... At least they wont be able to base it in HK. Better buy up the jester HK memorabilia, will be worth something on Ebay pretty soon!
Might be why KA is doing all this training, no aircraft on order, but as you point out BC, might be a chance to get a few more 320s. They would probably rather see them go to the JQ network elsewhere rather than support KA's growth.