Originally Posted by
directorguy_
What about Middle East Airlines? Skyteam lacks a Middle East carrier and ME has ties with AF.
MEA is joining as a SkyTeam associate member sponsored by Air France. They're in the process of a fleet expansion for this purpose.
Originally Posted by
ifette
Wow... Middle East Airlines would not be my first choice. Personally, I really wish we could snag Emirates or Royal Jordanian.
Well Royal Jordanian is already in Oneworld and Emirates isn't interested in joining an airline alliance.
MEA is a good fit for SkyTeam because of their close partnership with Air France which is now in its tenth year.
Their drawback is that they're too small, but that will be changing over the next two years.