Originally Posted by
steve harrington
Yes, I understand, yes, it's really no candy, but LH has taken advantage of a lot of time to transfer intercontinental passengers to Frankfurt, a passenger that as soon as you decide to invest in growth, you can take them without any problem. I imagine that I'm also speaking from a place of nostalgia, being SAS, a founding airline of the Star Alliance.
Lufthansa is also not very interested in SAS starting to grow.
On the other hand I agree with you regarding Sky team
LH could spend a billion USD to grow SAS, or they can let AF-KLM spend a billion, and just siphon off the frequent travellers who would switch to them to stay within Star Alliance. Those are the only customers LH wants out of this. LH doesn't have to worry about the other travellers. If SK already can't make enough money off the other leisure/price sensitive travellers, LH is unlikely to fare any better.
I think SAS will be able to join the AFKLM venture. I wouldn't hold my breath on any chance of the EU saying no to this. I don't think they'll do more than force SAS-AF-KLM to give up some gate slots at CPH, ARN, and OSL