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Nov 26, 2006 | 10:28 pm

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Originally Posted by enjoystravel

It does make Skyteam to partner with IT. AI seems to be headed to Star. 9W has relationships with OW partners and S2 with American. If Skyteam wants to tap into markets beyond gateway cities, they need codeshare partners or FFP partners. Kingfisher, with its newly added First Class is definitely well positioned. For now, there does not seem to be a strategic fit - more a tactical fit.

How is it that 9W has more relationships with OneWorld partners than 9W has with SkyTeam partners? (On the FFP front, I thought 9W had much more to do with SkyTeam carriers as of more recently than with OneWorld carriers.)

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