Originally Posted by
stimpy
Members of Congress, like most all politicians, vote according to who stuffs their wallets. So if the industry puts up enough cash, it will happen. They will just spin it as a good thing for consumers, blah, blah, blah.
OTOH, if enough competing airlines (other than United which wants to merge with LH) manage to bribe enough politicians to prevent legislation, then...
Completely agree.
I suspect AF/KL might be interested in doing something with DL too, so in theory we might have three transatlantic marriages should congress be willing. Many are keen to keep open skies so whilst I could see is being temporarily delayed, I suspect it will happen.