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May 13, 2006 | 2:34 am
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Originally Posted by bchl
that was probably me who boosted the search for Staralliance 
Btw the link is not working..
Btw the link is not working..
May 13, 2006 | 2:57 am
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Notice how little people in the Australia and New Zealand seach against Sky Team. Most people I know of in Australia don't even know who Sky Team are!
I suspect the high numbers of Singaporeans, Kiwis and Australians search again Star may also be partly due to the Ansett incidence and the continual rumours that SQ might start up a new carrier in Australia, etc.
Finally, remember that the figures are normalised so you would expect countries with small populations dependent on air transport to make their way up to the top of the list.
I suspect the high numbers of Singaporeans, Kiwis and Australians search again Star may also be partly due to the Ansett incidence and the continual rumours that SQ might start up a new carrier in Australia, etc.
Finally, remember that the figures are normalised so you would expect countries with small populations dependent on air transport to make their way up to the top of the list.
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May 13, 2006 | 11:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
Notice how little people in the Australia and New Zealand seach against Sky Team. Most people I know of in Australia don't even know who Sky Team are!
May 14, 2006 | 4:06 am
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Originally Posted by bensyd
Sure we know its that B grade alliance with B grade airlines
To be fair, there are quite a few good airlines in Sky Team. AF, CO and OK are all considered to be very good airlines. The lack of any South East Asian airlines however takes it off Australia and New Zealand's radar. That may change should MH decide to join.
May 14, 2006 | 6:58 am
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
To be fair, there are quite a few good airlines in Sky Team. AF, CO and OK are all considered to be very good airlines. The lack of any South East Asian airlines however takes it off Australia and New Zealand's radar. That may change should MH decide to join.
the problem is that ST have no stand out Airlines OW has QF/CX/BA I know I will get flamed on the BA/QF bit but I think they do offer a premium product not in the league of CX but nonetheless very good, *A has SQ/TG/NZ...
ST has no airlines in that league....
May 14, 2006 | 7:23 am
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Originally Posted by bensyd
AF I have flown....I would stick by my B grade for that.
May 14, 2006 | 7:43 am
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
Not sure I would agree with that one. I think AF is as certainly as good as BA - particularly in recent years.
....but when compared to BA they really fall down...I find the service on BA to be some of the best I have had....while obviously the Asian carriers are still a notch up on BA service...sometime Cx/SQ can be a little stiff in the delivery....which is where I like BA they are genuinely friendly in their delivery.....there food isnt that great though...
May 14, 2006 | 8:29 pm
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Originally Posted by hillrider
Interesting graph from a new tool launched by Google yesterday (see here). It seems that on the web Star Alliance gets roughly 4x as many searches than either oneworld or SkyTeam
Try this link: staralliance, oneworld, skyteam.
or this: star alliance, one world, sky team.
May 15, 2006 | 1:50 am
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Originally Posted by serfty
I've researched this a bit more ans I am not sure the information presented is representative. I believe it looks for search incidents containing the words requested.
Try this link: staralliance, oneworld, skyteam.
or this: star alliance, one world, sky team.
Try this link: staralliance, oneworld, skyteam.
or this: star alliance, one world, sky team.
I suspect that "Star Alliance", "SkyTeam" and "OneWorld" would be the appropriate way to look considering ST and OW don't have a space in the middle.
Unfortunately the addition of the requisite double parentheses appears to make a difference:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22St...o=all&date=all
vs
http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22St...o=all&date=all
May 15, 2006 | 6:18 pm
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Originally Posted by Traveloguy
You are of course correct, although I suspect that Google counts the words as a continuous block between sentences. ...
I guess it's similar to that old one about statistics and lies.
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