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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 5:09 pm
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Originally Posted by mkilmo
Consider an alliance composed of all the non-alliable airlines:
LY, Olympic, SriLankan, southwest, etc.

These guys almost never compete each other, these guys have nothing to lose, and these guys will be able to generate an alliance which is meaningful.
Yes, these guys have nothing to lose, BUT nothing to gain either ... it's like having an allinace between Snickers and Ford !
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