I am so ready to dump my family's CI miles on AF/DL/KE or even SU when they join Skyteam The only significant Skyteam presence in Australasia is KE, and it's hard to use Skyteam round the world product in this part of the world.

CO flies from Cairns to Honolulu and AF from Noumea to LAX then onto CDG, but both of these reach small general population.

I read it somewhere Kingfisher is negotiating to join Skyteam, which is a great news, especially compared to Star Alliance getting Air India instead