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Sep 20, 2011 | 5:33 pm

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ByrdluvsAWACO

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Originally Posted by g.yau

Do you think Tunisair is a good addition to OW? Would it mean that OW would gain an African airline?

I guess it's good just to have African carrier in OW. However, their geographical location adds very little to the alliance. Other than TUN, european pax can just fly on an EU carrier to any of TU's destinations.

To overcome their geographic disadvantage and be of any real value, TU needs to operate JFK-TUN, and routes far south into the continent. Luckily, TU's management is already thinking about this with the order of A332's, but with the "Arab spring" still going on I would imagine that plans were pushed back.

For the US, OW really needs a west African airline.

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