BA is Doing a Delta Re: Discount Economy Earning...
Jan 29, 2015, 5:09 pm
#16
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Jiburi
Jan 30, 2015, 5:13 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SJC
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There is little point to doing any new partnerships when you are winding down an airline. I think US never partnering with AS until it's a dead letter is a safe prediction.
Not surprising, really. AA is weak TPAC, and DL (via NW) and UA had long historical attachment to SEA. AA ran a one-off SEA-NRT route back when oil was cheap and P2P on international routes was more common, but OW has never been all that interested in SEA outside of being a BA/AA spoke.
I would think that we'd see JL/CX SEA service before AA ever tried anything. And perhaps a JL partnership with AS might make sense...
Not surprising, really. AA is weak TPAC, and DL (via NW) and UA had long historical attachment to SEA. AA ran a one-off SEA-NRT route back when oil was cheap and P2P on international routes was more common, but OW has never been all that interested in SEA outside of being a BA/AA spoke.
I would think that we'd see JL/CX SEA service before AA ever tried anything. And perhaps a JL partnership with AS might make sense...