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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 12:04 pm
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Originally Posted by aa4ever
So is that the reason that CO joined Skyteam when they did?
Yes. Honestly, CO could care less about about SkyTeam - since the 1990s, the airline has made clear that its preferred international alliance strategy is to pursue ad hoc bilateral relationships on a route- or city-specific basis. When NW decided to go SkyTeam, CO had to go along for the ride, but really hasn't given a rat's *ss about ST since.
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