Jet and the Star Alliance. Will they / Won't they?
Jul 31, 2012, 1:28 pm
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Jet and the Star Alliance. Will they / Won't they?
http://www.livemint.com/2012/07/3123...ernment-n.html
New Delhi: Naresh Goyal-controlled Jet Airways (India) Ltd, the country’s biggest carrier, has sought government permission to join the world’s largest airline grouping, Star Alliance Services GmbH, putting the aviation ministry in a bit of a spot.
It looks as though 9W have finally declared their preference. I wonder what , if anything, will happen next.
Will the Government:
give its blessing
say "No"
or just ignore the request for a few years ?
New Delhi: Naresh Goyal-controlled Jet Airways (India) Ltd, the country’s biggest carrier, has sought government permission to join the world’s largest airline grouping, Star Alliance Services GmbH, putting the aviation ministry in a bit of a spot.
It looks as though 9W have finally declared their preference. I wonder what , if anything, will happen next.
Will the Government:
give its blessing
say "No"
or just ignore the request for a few years ?
Jul 31, 2012, 2:43 pm
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Aug 1, 2012, 2:48 am
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...and i hope the GoI have the balls to turn them down. However crap Air India may be, the way Star treated them when they were all ready to join was shocking and they deserve to be locked out of India for their arrogance.
Jet should have gone with Oneworld or Skyteam when they had the opportunity a few years ago.
Jet should have gone with Oneworld or Skyteam when they had the opportunity a few years ago.
Aug 1, 2012, 3:27 am
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...and i hope the GoI have the balls to turn them down. However crap Air India may be, the way Star treated them when they were all ready to join was shocking and they deserve to be locked out of India for their arrogance.
Jet should have gone with Oneworld or Skyteam when they had the opportunity a few years ago.
Jet should have gone with Oneworld or Skyteam when they had the opportunity a few years ago.
9W makes sense for *A now for a bunch of reasons. Brussels Air & Jet both have hubs in BRU which don't compete at all. Would be a nice way for passengers from Europe to get to India/Asia not to mention a new transit spot between Africa/India.
For what it's worth, I've taken a number of 9W flights between LHR-BOM and EWR-BRU-BOM, all on the 77W in F and they are a fantastic airline, every bit as good as SQ IMHO
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Aug 1, 2012, 3:49 am
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With the new 330s on the way they must be looking to use the alliance to fill up all those extra J seats..
Aug 1, 2012, 6:12 am
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TG leases some of them now and people love them in F. I've heard of people going out of there way to fly TG from FRA or CDG just to fly on these Jet 77W's
Aug 1, 2012, 6:21 am
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Actually, the biggest slap in the face was not the way *A treated them. Hell, they are used to that. It's the fact that they let ET join and the timing.
9W makes sense for *A now for a bunch of reasons. Brussels Air & Jet both have hubs in BRU which don't compete at all. Would be a nice way for passengers from Europe to get to India/Asia not to mention a new transit spot between Africa/India.
For what it's worth, I've taken a number of 9W flights between LHR-BOM and EWR-BRU-BOM, all on the 77W in F and they are a fantastic airline, every bit as good as SQ IMHO
9W makes sense for *A now for a bunch of reasons. Brussels Air & Jet both have hubs in BRU which don't compete at all. Would be a nice way for passengers from Europe to get to India/Asia not to mention a new transit spot between Africa/India.
For what it's worth, I've taken a number of 9W flights between LHR-BOM and EWR-BRU-BOM, all on the 77W in F and they are a fantastic airline, every bit as good as SQ IMHO