I agree with Rudi. It's in Swissair's best interest to join Oneworld. Their interest in SAA is mainly as an investment. (How else can a small airline from a small country expand?) Their only competing route is ZUR/JNB. I never viewed the Qualifier airlines as having great synergies except for some SR/OS codeshares.
Oneworld would do alot for SR.
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