Originally Posted by
NDFan
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Expect some heavy lobbying from Oneworld and Star. Hopefully the fact that LAN has been part of Oneworld much longer than TAM has been part of Star, will swing them our way. ...
Originally Posted by
Paulchili
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Odds are very much in favor of LATAM going to OW, IMO. ^
Originally Posted by
rajuabju
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I hope OW is able to get/keep them, it would be a HUGE blow to OW if LATAM left.
See September posts after the Chilean decision from this thread (#26 and #28).
To summarise, LA & TAM now has three separate options:
A. Cancel the Merger or
B. Join oneworld
C. Join Skyteam
Either A or C are extremely unlikely.