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Old Jan 27, 2014, 1:59 am
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Originally Posted by stimpy
Whatever can be done to bring EY into one of the 3 alliances is a good thing in my book.
+1 ^

An existing JV on the transatlantic market, an emerging JV with some Chinese partners and another one for the Middle East that can also compensate somewhat for the lack of an Indian partner and help on the route to Australia. Overall, this is a good move for Air France/KLM.
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