Originally Posted by sideswipes:19451179
Originally Posted by
380Flyer
There are speculations that MH will now NOT join OW.
There were alot of hopes of a MH-QF tie-up to codeshare on MH's European services until QF teamed up with EK for the 10 year partnership agreement.
That has left MH standing out in the cold clueless on what to do next. And to complicate matters, QF was the sponsoring airline to MH's entry into OW.
Time will tell on how the OW alliance evolves from here on.
For now, I cannot wait to hear the outcome from the press announcement on Monday.
Any sources to back this up? It would be very odd of MH to back out this late into the integration process.
Besides, IMO there's plenty of possible partnership opportunities between MH & QF, even with the EK deal:
- QF codeshares on Intra-Malaysia & SEA routes
- MH codeshares on some QF domestic & NZ routes + SYD-SCL to replace their discontinued EZE route
- Maybe even a JV/JSA type agreement between Aus-KUL if the current situation with MH Aus-KUL routes happen to be bad (MH pulling A380s out of SYD/MEL might be an indication of this)
Not to mention other OW carriers that could benefit from MH's network.
Even with a potential BA/QR JSA they still would benefit from MH since QR only two Australian Destinations.