Who would be the next Skyteam member?
Apr 29, 2014, 8:47 am
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http://atwonline.com/finance-data/uz...n-skyteam-year
Apparently Uzbekistan Airways is on track to join.
Apparently Uzbekistan Airways is on track to join.
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Apr 29, 2014, 9:03 am
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May 8, 2014, 1:47 pm
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http://atwonline.com/finance-data/uz...n-skyteam-year
Apparently Uzbekistan Airways is on track to join.
Apparently Uzbekistan Airways is on track to join.
To be honest, joining by the end of 2014 seems pretty quick, given there's been no formal announcement yet. So, I wonder if in fact they're just referring to signing a GAAAA, not a GAAA?
For comparison, the timeline with China Southern was:
August 2004: initial memorandum signed
June 2006: Global Airline Alliance Adherence Agreement (GAAAA) signed
November 2007: Global Airline Alliance Agreement (GAAA) signed, and CZ formally enters SkyTeam
May 8, 2014, 4:30 pm
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And a similar story saying that HY will join SkyTeam by the end of the year: Uzbekistan Air holds negotiations on accession to Sky Team
To be honest, joining by the end of 2014 seems pretty quick, given there's been no formal announcement yet. So, I wonder if in fact they're just referring to signing a GAAAA, not a GAAA?
For comparison, the timeline with China Southern was:
August 2004: initial memorandum signed
June 2006: Global Airline Alliance Adherence Agreement (GAAAA) signed
November 2007: Global Airline Alliance Agreement (GAAA) signed, and CZ formally enters SkyTeam
To be honest, joining by the end of 2014 seems pretty quick, given there's been no formal announcement yet. So, I wonder if in fact they're just referring to signing a GAAAA, not a GAAA?
For comparison, the timeline with China Southern was:
August 2004: initial memorandum signed
June 2006: Global Airline Alliance Adherence Agreement (GAAAA) signed
November 2007: Global Airline Alliance Agreement (GAAA) signed, and CZ formally enters SkyTeam
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May 9, 2014, 3:36 am
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I thought about giving Garuda as an example, and then decided it was more of an outlier than a representative case - but I hadn't spotted the pun...
However, the timeline was:
2009: GA expresses interest in joining SkyTeam
23 November 2010: GA signs GAAAA (with entry originally scheduled for 2012)
5 March 2014: GA enters SkyTeam (and presumably signs GAAA)
And if you're wondering where GAA fits into all this - well, that's an ATR operated by GA - see PK-GAA
Jul 4, 2014, 2:10 am
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No talks yet on Etihad joining, according to this article (from 04/06/2014): Still no talks on Etihad, SkyTeam alliance - although it seems SkyTeam would be happy if Etihad did want to join. Some interesting comments about AZ, ME and SV in the article, as well...
Jul 5, 2014, 12:27 am
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No talks yet on Etihad joining, according to this article (from 04/06/2014): Still no talks on Etihad, SkyTeam alliance - although it seems SkyTeam would be happy if Etihad did want to join. Some interesting comments about AZ, ME and SV in the article, as well...
Hopefully they will try again sometime in the future. They needs a negotiating. It will happens. I'm sure they will join the SkyTeam. It would be nice.