IB says may end up with AF or LH!
Nov 30, 2006, 1:37 am
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IB says may end up with AF or LH!
Regardless of one's views of IB (which I will experience for the first time in December
) it would be bad news for OW if not BA to lose a carrier with such a strong LatAm route network.
Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA,
Spain's largest airline, may forge links with Air France-KLM and
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the Financial Times said, citing an
interview with Chief Financial Officer Enrique Dupuy.
Dupuy said British Airways Plc had not made Iberia one of
its main concerns and the priorities of the two airlines ``are
not always the same,'' the FT reported.
British Airways Plc, Europe's third-biggest airline,
controls 10 percent of Madrid-based Iberia and the two airlines
jointly manage routes linking the U.K. and Spain.
Of possible links with Air France-KLM, Lufthansa or British
Airways, Dupuy said Iberia would be ``part of one of them,'' the
FT reported.
Ryanair Holdings Plc's bid for rival Aer Lingus Group Plc
was the start of a ``merger process among the European
carriers,'' Dupuy told the FT.
) it would be bad news for OW if not BA to lose a carrier with such a strong LatAm route network. Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA,
Spain's largest airline, may forge links with Air France-KLM and
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the Financial Times said, citing an
interview with Chief Financial Officer Enrique Dupuy.
Dupuy said British Airways Plc had not made Iberia one of
its main concerns and the priorities of the two airlines ``are
not always the same,'' the FT reported.
British Airways Plc, Europe's third-biggest airline,
controls 10 percent of Madrid-based Iberia and the two airlines
jointly manage routes linking the U.K. and Spain.
Of possible links with Air France-KLM, Lufthansa or British
Airways, Dupuy said Iberia would be ``part of one of them,'' the
FT reported.
Ryanair Holdings Plc's bid for rival Aer Lingus Group Plc
was the start of a ``merger process among the European
carriers,'' Dupuy told the FT.
Nov 30, 2006, 1:52 am
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Effectively here in the UK we get the IB version of ex-EU tickets on BA, because MAD-GRU prices up to around Ł1k more expensive than LHR-MAD-GRU.
I'd like to try them for my Brazil trip (after next week's on BA) so hope they stick around in OW.
James
Nov 30, 2006, 5:16 am
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The pension fund issues alone mean BA would have to think very hard about taking on IB. Having said that, it would be the most logical next merger in the European airline scene.
Nov 30, 2006, 5:59 am
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Nov 30, 2006, 7:04 am
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[QUOTE=Smirnoff;6770511]Given that OW airlines seem to be only on the very edge of Europe, then surely TAP would be a far more appropriate partner.
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If you mean TAP as a OW partner I'd be pretty chuffed, as it would open up the north of Brazil to OW pax without the need to backtrack from GRU/GIG.
James
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If you mean TAP as a OW partner I'd be pretty chuffed, as it would open up the north of Brazil to OW pax without the need to backtrack from GRU/GIG.
James
Nov 30, 2006, 10:17 am
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More words from Dupuy with a hint of IB moving away from alliance with BA
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1164888630.html
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1164888630.html
Nov 30, 2006, 11:35 am
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I have read a couple of articles on the net about Iberia's apparent ambivalence to BA and OW.
If this is really true and IB is about to defect to LH or AF then I think that this is really bad news for BA in the long term. BA will have to merge with someone in the long term and the only large airline left in Europe would be Alitalia (and who would want them as they are the most appalling airline I have ever travelled on!!!! I hope they go bust soon!!!) It is also no good for OW as a long term stratgey to have only one large European carrier.
Lets face it, other carrriers in Europe: AF, LH, EI, TP, OS, SAS, Swiss. They are all tied in already. What is left?? Cyprus and Olympic?????? Even Aeroflot has got in on the act and is part of Skyteam
If this is really true and IB is about to defect to LH or AF then I think that this is really bad news for BA in the long term. BA will have to merge with someone in the long term and the only large airline left in Europe would be Alitalia (and who would want them as they are the most appalling airline I have ever travelled on!!!! I hope they go bust soon!!!) It is also no good for OW as a long term stratgey to have only one large European carrier.
Lets face it, other carrriers in Europe: AF, LH, EI, TP, OS, SAS, Swiss. They are all tied in already. What is left?? Cyprus and Olympic?????? Even Aeroflot has got in on the act and is part of Skyteam
Nov 30, 2006, 12:13 pm
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And so happy we are to have them too
Dec 1, 2006, 2:08 am
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Dupuy now claims he was misunderstood in his comments about the IB alliance with BA
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1164918368.html
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1164918368.html
Dec 1, 2006, 2:11 am
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Dupuy now claims he was misunderstood in his comments about the IB alliance with BA
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1164918368.html
http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1164918368.html
