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Who would be the next Skyteam member?

Old Aug 29, 2012, 5:17 am
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Originally Posted by T.A.Music
Usually, they gonna pop out of the official joining announcement tomorrow on my time, as for now, ST's web and ARs web are as normal as usual... (GMT +8)
AR logo appeared at the botom of Skyteam's webpage but when cliking... error 404.
Sawnothing on AR website.
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Old Aug 29, 2012, 5:41 am
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Official joining ceremony planned for 16:00 today in Buenos Aires (AEP).
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Old Aug 29, 2012, 6:17 am
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Aerolneas Argentinas Joins SkyTeam

Alliance welcomes first South American airline as 18th member, continues to focus on finding growth opportunities on the continent

Buenos Aires, 29 August 2012 SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, today welcomes Aerolneas Argentinas as its 18th member. The national airline of Argentina South Americas second largest economy - Aerolneas Argentinas becomes SkyTeams first South American member, adding 40 new destinations to the SkyTeam network.
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Old Aug 29, 2012, 7:39 am
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Originally Posted by saraoutou
AR logo appeared at the botom of Skyteam's webpage but when cliking... error 404.
Sawnothing on AR website.
On AR website there is a Skyteam logo, also it says member of ST since september 2012.
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Old Aug 29, 2012, 11:09 am
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Originally Posted by rmorales
On AR website there is a Skyteam logo, also it says member of ST since september 2012.
People should be aware that AR does not seem to have a good reputation for service or reliability.
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Old Aug 29, 2012, 12:26 pm
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Just check their timing in Chile:

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Old Aug 29, 2012, 2:44 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
People should be aware that AR does not seem to have a good reputation for service or reliability.
Neither did CI, KE, SU etc... hopefully, that is all in the past.

As for safety, the last fatal AR accident was an AVRO-748 accident back in 1970.
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Old Aug 29, 2012, 6:38 pm
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I guess GA will have wait for entry the Skyteam sometime in early 2014.

Who will be next carrier to join the Skyteam.

Perhaps, AI or 9W who will eventually join the Skyteam. Nobody who will tell you.
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Old Aug 30, 2012, 8:14 am
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AR logo and routes are now included in the "SkyTeam Travel Desk" downloadable timetable/route-finder program.

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Old Aug 30, 2012, 11:53 am
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Here is the AR announcement on the AF website (in French)

http://corporate.airfrance.com/fr/pr...int-skyteam-2/
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Old Aug 30, 2012, 4:02 pm
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Who would be the next Skyteam member?

Skyteam really need a new, strong member

That member has to be EY. Really would change skyteam ( for the better )
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Old Aug 30, 2012, 7:46 pm
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Originally Posted by terminalfive
Skyteam really need a new, strong member

That member has to be EY. Really would change skyteam ( for the better )
Perhaps, EK would considering to join the alliance. I think EK will have a choice to join OW or SkyTeam.
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Old Aug 30, 2012, 8:41 pm
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Originally Posted by N830MH
Perhaps, EK would considering to join the alliance. I think EK will have a choice to join OW or SkyTeam.
Why would Emirates want to join an alliance? They get alot of their business eating everyone else's traffic. They've even stated publicly they have no interest in joining an alliance.
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Old Aug 30, 2012, 9:59 pm
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Originally Posted by rurouni212
Why would Emirates want to join an alliance? They get alot of their business eating everyone else's traffic. They've even stated publicly they have no interest in joining an alliance.
I think once one of the ME3 joins, their tune will change.
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Old Aug 31, 2012, 9:07 am
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I think once one of the ME3 joins, their tune will change.
I think there is quite a difference in size between EY and EK and I'm not sure that EK needs an alliance nearly as much as EY as a result. QR is bigger than EY, but it doesn't match the scale of EK and certainly doesn't match the scale to which EK wants to grow.

When you look at the orders EK has, the enormity of what an airline will look like with 90 A380s and 140+ 77Ws is a bit mind-boggling. How does an airline that would pretty well dwarf the long-haul capacity of the rest of the alliance peacefully coexist? What would the rest of the alliance have to gain? With that kind of fleet, EK will, as they do now, have to expand pretty aggressively into secondary markets. They won't need the feed that the alliance would give them. Look at the UK and Germany, where EK has been exceedingly successful - they run a daily 77W to Newcastle!

I just don't see EK ever coexisting in any of the current alliances. They don't seem to have much, if anything, to gain and the rest of the alliance carriers (particularly the European carriers) have too much to lose.
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