EgyptAir to join Star Alliance
Oct 16, 2007, 9:56 am
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EgyptAir to join Star Alliance
http://www.boarding.no/art.asp?id=28645
At a joint ceremony held in Cairo today, the Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance has voted to accept EgyptAir as a future member,
Egypt is one of the most important aviation markets in Africa, with a large potential for both business and leisure travel. We are proud that EgyptAir, a world class airline, has chosen to join Star Alliance, thereby recognizing the importance of alliances in aviation today, commented Jaan Albrecht, CEO Star Alliance.
At a joint ceremony held in Cairo today, the Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance has voted to accept EgyptAir as a future member,
Egypt is one of the most important aviation markets in Africa, with a large potential for both business and leisure travel. We are proud that EgyptAir, a world class airline, has chosen to join Star Alliance, thereby recognizing the importance of alliances in aviation today, commented Jaan Albrecht, CEO Star Alliance.
Oct 16, 2007, 10:56 am
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More authoritative source than some Norwegian paper:
http://www.staralliance.com/en/press...Air_final.html
SmilingBoy.
http://www.staralliance.com/en/press...Air_final.html
SmilingBoy.
Oct 16, 2007, 11:05 am
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The airline I was really waiting for 
They bring a total of 9 (!) new destinations to Star Alliance and are really filling a big hole within the *A network.
They bring a total of 9 (!) new destinations to Star Alliance and are really filling a big hole within the *A network.
Oct 16, 2007, 11:46 am
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More authoritative source than some Norwegian paper:
http://www.staralliance.com/en/press...Air_final.html
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http://www.staralliance.com/en/press...Air_final.html
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Oct 16, 2007, 12:17 pm
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I don't see why it is bad.
Oct 16, 2007, 1:21 pm
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Oct 17, 2007, 10:34 am
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I can't believe that they claim that they have no "high quality" partners they can take aboard to resume operations to and within South America ... and then they absorb AI and EG and MS .
I mean any carrier in South America - including AV - would have been vastly superior to these two
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.I mean any carrier in South America - including AV - would have been vastly superior to these two
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Oct 17, 2007, 12:15 pm
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Yikes.... After their voluntary plunge from the sky in a 767 bound from New York to Cairo possibly a rehearsal or planning part of the 9/11 attacks , I do not see this as an enrichment of the Alliance...
Oct 17, 2007, 12:30 pm
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