Originally Posted by
AntonS
DL has a major operation in AMS. Do they really save much money by contracting KL to work on DL flights vs hiring their own staff?
They must pay KL anyway and given all inconveniences / sync issues between DL and KL systems, is it really worth it?
If anyone pays anyone for co-hub operations, KLM pays Delta given KLM only has AMS and DL has so many more hubs where they handle KLM flights
I don't think it's a financial thing but rather an operations and SkyTeam thing