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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 9:47 pm
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mainbill
 
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Originally Posted by kebosabi
Sure it does. KE is a member of Skyteam. Why would AA want to see JL codesharing with a rival alliance carrier?

If AA is able to do NRT-ICN as an extension of their US-NRT flights, then JL can drop the KE codeshare and instead codeshare with AA.
No, actually it means the route is saturated and JL would rather codeshare with a rival than to open a new flight using it's own plane.
If JL is not willing to use it's own plane for that route, why should AA?
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