Air Berlin being forced to leave?
Nov 18, 2012 | 2:43 pm
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Air Berlin being forced to leave?
Nov 18, 2012 | 4:26 pm
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As of right now I'd say 50/50. The reason I say this is that with the recent restructuring of their TATL Operations they are focusing on American Airlines Hubs. Specifically MIA, ORD, JFK & LAX.
Nov 18, 2012 | 4:56 pm
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Is there a reason they would want to leave OW? The feeder traffic from AA must be significant for their operations. They do seem to be constantly cheaper on LAX-Europe routes than AA and BA.
Nov 18, 2012 | 5:00 pm
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I would think they get more benefit by being in *O as they are the only western European member. Being in *S would severely dilute this.
Like QF/EK, AB/EY and AB/AF can work as additional relationships.
Like QF/EK, AB/EY and AB/AF can work as additional relationships.
Nov 18, 2012 | 5:07 pm
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If czech were to go under, and they are hardly the picture of health, I could see air france and skyteam upping the pressure to try to get airberlin to switch
Nov 18, 2012 | 8:29 pm
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Air Berlin stands to benefit the most if it remains in One world as it already has a relationship with SKYTEAM via Air France KLM and Etihad(not in an alliance).
So it can tap 2 alliances essentially, and succeed
Kind of what Cathay is doing by establishing Star alliance relationships, Air China/Air New Zealand
So it can tap 2 alliances essentially, and succeed
Kind of what Cathay is doing by establishing Star alliance relationships, Air China/Air New Zealand
Nov 21, 2012 | 5:02 pm
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Nov 21, 2012 | 5:12 pm
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Nov 21, 2012 | 5:24 pm
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Nov 21, 2012 | 5:28 pm
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The headline of this article is overinterpreting the interview. Depending on how AFKL's collaboration with EY and AB develops, we can talk about this again in 3 to 5 years (if AB still exists then). Currently AF/KL have only 5 codeshares with EY each, and collaboration with AB is not very deep either. So the whole thing is very much at the beginning and only time can tell.
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What about BA?
Nov 21, 2012 | 8:18 pm
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