Originally Posted by vincom
I still dont see Continental joing Star, if anything the second point you bring up just goes to show Continental intention to grow instead of seeking shelter through anti trust immunity and to slow growth by the rise of mega codesharing. I feel it means they intend to build thier transatlantic offering to compliment thier own network first and thier partners second.
-Vincent
There have been several studies about the extent and consequences of codesharing and antitrust immunity on routes across the pond and one thing seemed to be obvious, you can grow faster with codesharing , especially under an antitrust immunity agreement.KL/NW and UA/LH being the perfect examples...
So considering that CO is a relatively small airline comparing international ASK to other US carriers or the European competition they would get their behind kicked, if they try to fly alone across the pond...