Originally Posted by
wooootles
Skyteam's DL/AF/KL presence in Western Europe is already pretty darned strong, I guess adding VS is just more of a good thing. I don't think it's going to change the game too much.
Now, SkyTeam please get someone else in the Middle East and SE Asia, instead of KE and KL doing all the heavy lifting...
MEA and Saudia in the Middle East, and Saudia flies a lot of long haul routes.
Xiamen, China Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, and
Garuda Indonesia in East/Southeast Asia.
There's decent coverage in both of those regions.
There's nothing in Australasia or South America, and KQ can't cover all of Africa by itself.
VS doesn't really offer much to SkyTeam as a whole. There's no short haul network, and the bulk of their flying is to the US and Caribbean. None of their Africa/Asia flying is to another SkyTeam hub. This just doesn't make sense unless more news is coming. They already had the JV with DL/AF/KL. What could this move over VS?