SN has a good European network too, and properly employed can add more substance to OW, in fact I guess everyone here would like OW to expand and extend EU coverage before thinking about getting China and India airlines on board, otherwise we'll have to cope with the two big continental monopolists and their predatory attitudes (i hope that the today visit of EU Antitrust at Frankfurt is a premise for a thorough investigation and correction of an unsustainable situation):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7290061.stm