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virtualtroy Jun 5, 2004 1:23 am
Star Alliance expands
 
I know this is the OW board, but I'm conscious that many within our fold may recently have taken advantage of the *A status match offer.

SAA and TAP have now joined the alliance. At long last a way of getting from Australia-South American on *A without having to go via the USA. More here:

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/040605/15/3kugh.html

mhtaipei Jun 5, 2004 4:54 am
Wake Up Oneworld
 
wake up BA!! :mad: it's ok to aim for quality and depth over breadth -- but the integration between *A carriers is getting ever better and oneworld's has just stalled. every one of my business acquaintances goes for *A because they have a larger network -- that's what seems to count. With the AirFrance/KLM merger, Skyteam will expand too, and oneworld will be the smallest -- and thus least attractive of the alliances, especially since inter-airline operability is not really progressing beyond the BA/CX/QF household which existed before. Now SWISS is gone. oneworld needs some new members FAST: China Eastern, Japan Airlines, another European. WAKE UP BA! It's not all about Heathrow and the Atlantic.

LH738 Jun 5, 2004 9:15 am
Actually three carriers will join Star:
- SAA
- TAP
- Blue1

Markonen Jun 5, 2004 3:55 pm
Originally Posted by LH738
Actually three carriers will join Star:
- SAA
- TAP
- Blue1
Although you could argue that Blue1 is not news in this context. They're a fully owned SAS subsidiary and have been in *A based on that relationship. They're now rebranding to have a new, more independent image, and it seems that this announced membership serves both Blue1's and Star Alliance's PR very well.


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