Originally Posted by
kiwiandrew
It will be interesting to see which way Skyteam/NW decide to handle this situation - drag it on as long as possible , or try for a quick clean break
I would expect it to be relatively drawn out. The contract goes both ways and CO won't want out until they can get included in the anti-trust immunity for LH/UA/AC/etc., so chances are they won't agree to a preemptive departure from the alliance. They don't want to piss of their customers.