Originally Posted by JDiver
...I think JL will bring great value to ow for a number of us, Malév and RJ a bit less - but it's nice to see the alliance growing.
MA has announced a 50% long-haul fleet expansion next year, to capitalize on their OW membership (from 2x762 to 3x762). I guess BA wasn't worried enough about MA to blackball them, like they did LX.
JL isn't quite the power it was a few years ago, but it is roughly 18% increase in the OW fleet capacity, aside from the route network. So quite significant for the alliance, and with the potential for AA to wipe out the UA and NW hubs at NRT if it wanted to fight that fight (somehow I don't expect US-NRT fare wars, but one can hope).