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Old Jul 21, 2008 | 1:44 am
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kiwiandrew
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Originally Posted by DownUnderFlyer
IIRC Swiss Air was in talks with OW and they had already started to migrate IT systems and everything for membership. When they got bought out buy LH they were snapped out of the arms of OW and got into the arranged marriage with *A.
not quite

actually Swiss announced back in June 2004 that they had decided not to proceed with OW membership

http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_sw..._20040603.aspx

it would be another 9 months until the negotiations with LH

http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_sw..._20050313.aspx


their decision not to proceed with OW membership had nothing to do with LH and apparently everything to do with BA
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