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Old Jun 2, 2016 | 8:25 pm
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Originally Posted by Seby12
Both have a lot to gain. DL needs a partner in northern South America/Central America. UA needs to maintain a partner in South America besides Brazil(Azul). Both have a lot to gain from this emerging market, if anyone cares my prediction is South America is the next Asia with relation to air travel.

I think it will be a bidding war like what happened with Starwood.
Besides Chile, SA and CA are basket-case, middle-income economies due to the glories of central planning that won't grow until the political situations change. Of course, Argentina looks like it has hit rock bottom and could start back up, though Brazil has yet to hit bottom. Near-term rapid grow does not look good across most of SA.
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