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Aug 28, 2008 | 10:09 am

#61

mosburger

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: Asia/Europe

Programs: CX, OZ, MU (+AY, DL), Shangri-La, Hilton

Posts: 7,233

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fuji San

I'm quite surprised Jet Airways is not in the list ! Air India will join Star Alliance while Kingfisher is said to join Sky Team. Oneworld also needs an Indian carrier thus leaving Jet Airways as the only option.

For which side? Oneworld or Jet?

Aug 28, 2008 | 10:44 am

#62

skunker

Join Date: May 2006

Location: SAN

Programs: Lots of faux metal

Posts: 7,017

Quote:

Originally Posted by beepee

* Brussels Airlines - The airline expressed its interest to join one of the major airline alliances, considering it a priority for the airline. However, a potential purchase by Lufthansa may stop it from joining oneworld. The airline has codeshare agreements with American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair and Malév Hungarian Airlines.

see press release on the Lufthansa site:

http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/html...08/852/HOM&s=0

Ahh man, I liked SN when I flew on them earlier this year. BRU is a great airport and the the free chocolate was a nice touch.

Aug 29, 2008 | 4:50 am

#63

Traveloguy

Join Date: Jun 2002

Location: London, UK

Programs: BA Gold(OWE), QF LTG, MR Plat, IHG Spire, Hertz PC

Posts: 8,156

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardyloo

Isn't AR's parent company the same one that owns Spanair, the *A member?

I think there would be a lot of concerns over AR's longevity given its checkered past.

Nope, JK (Spanair) is owned by SK (Scandanavian).

SK's been trying to sell JK for sometime now but nobody seems to be willing to pony the money up.

Aug 30, 2008 | 6:07 am

#64

OzMikado

Join Date: Oct 2006

Location: UK

Programs: QF Gold/OW Sapphire (SFSC)

Posts: 5

Flightglobal Article

Some interesting analysis here from FlightGlobal on alliance expansion and the development of antitrust immunised groupings:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...go-change.html

They are still predicting MU will join oneworld and also highlight the ongoing negotiations with TAM.

Aug 30, 2008 | 9:01 pm

#65

mosburger

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: Asia/Europe

Programs: CX, OZ, MU (+AY, DL), Shangri-La, Hilton

Posts: 7,233

But isn't MU going to be gobbled up by either Air China or Singapore Air? I don't think anyone cares about a possible monopoly situation for Star in China as long as officials get paid.

Grrr, it seems that there will never be an option to get OW status relevant miles for China - Korea flights.