Originally Posted by
criced
Do we know what Delta thinks about SAS joining ST? I have not read a single comment from DL. And for SAS its a major thing to have a great cooperation with them to suceed.
The two airlines have applied for a code share agreement:
source 1,
source 2. Once that's approved, I would expect to see some additional flights announced in the next year or two, especially by Delta. SAS has already started to fly to Atlanta.
Ben Smith, CEO of AFKL, has
repeatedly said they intend to buy a controlling stake in SAS and bring them into the TATL JV.
As for what does DL think, I think we're being naive to assume DL didn't have something to do with AFKL going after this. PreCovid DL had a
seat on the board. I'm not sure if they will do, since the group
diluted their shares during covid. Regardless, DL is the largest airline (no 1 or 2 depending on definition) in the world and still the most profitable and the senior member in both SkyTeam and the JV. There's no way the SAS deal happened without input and approval from DL.
I think we'll start to see more from DL once AFKL has a controlling stake in SK and the codeshare is approved.