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Old May 22, 2017, 4:13 pm
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Originally Posted by eponymous_coward
One of which is LH, which is what the OP I am responding to was asking about.

Could SQ partner with AS like they did with VX? Maybe. But that doesn't do much to help with Europe. I doubt LH Group is inclined to stick a knife in UA's back given their TATL JV. They don't really need a USA partner.
I completely agree that there is no AS-LH agreement forthcoming. That said, SK/LO/TK/TP are all European *A carriers that can use non-UA feed. In Asia, there's AI, OZ, SQ, CA, etc.

It is far from inconceivable that AS could start picking up some *A partners.
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