Originally Posted by
flying_blue_white_red
AF & KL cover very well most of the region. Apart from ADD/LUN/HRE, which routes, do you think, can not be served through codeshares?
Juba? Khartoum? Bujumbura or Lilongwe?
Well, AF/KL without KQ as you said will have no connections to ADD, which is now becoming the busiest airport in Africa. But if that happens, ET will probably be quick to do a direct route to AMS. Either way, I'd be surprised if they don't add AMS within a few years. Too many people are already tired of missed connections in NBO and would rather fly ET. Including myself.
That aside, the issue is with intra-African traffic. How do you fly Skyteam within Africa then? That is really the cash cow for KQ if I am not mistaken.