Originally Posted by
azpyre
I've been hoping for MH to join SkyTeam for the last 10 years. But now, if the new Garuda is good as FT members tout it to be, then SkyTeam is gaining a valuable member. It would also mean that not getting MH is not that great a loss now.
The "new Garuda" is only a small bit of Garuda, particularly if you are speaking of their domestic network. GA and MH aren't at all comparable in terms of international networks, MH is far superior. There have been many spectacular developments in Indonesia over the past decades, there have also been many things promised or expected that never appeared.