Originally Posted by DLfan
Who else do you propose? Continental Air Micronesia is as dominant as it gets in the South Pacific and will become part of ST when CO joins next month. Since Qantas and Air New Zealand are locked in other alliances and unavailable, I'm not sure what "good carrier from the South Pacific" that leaves.
While CO's Air Micronesia dominates Guam and some of the other islands they do not serve Australia or New Zealand, so their addition to Skyteam doesn't help in that department.
Who else do I propose ... well, Hawaiian Airlines, Phillipine Airlines, Air Niugini, and Air Pacific would be a good place to start.