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Old Jun 15, 2014 | 11:22 pm
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Originally Posted by nerdbirdsjc
United remains, far and away, the best USA partner Copa Airlines could possibly have. Delta's loyalty program brings the same challenges as the proposed changes to MileagePlus...and Delta's hub network is far less useful to Copa (Add MSP/DTW/SLC-PTY? And lose codeshares and/or feed on EWR/IAH/DEN/YYZ/YUL-PTY? Not gonna happen.).
I don't think you understand CM's US strategy. They fly nonstop from numerous US gateways to their PTY hub (including many non-UA hubs, such as BOS, JFK, MIA, MCO, TPA, LAS, etc.). They also take UA feed from EWR and IAH into PTY. Their strategy is not dependent on the location of UA's hubs. Apart from the historical CO connection, they could easily swap DL for UA.
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