skyteam to dubai
Nov 18, 2011 | 8:37 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: BOSish
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DL flight 08 runs ATL-DXB. You can search the schedule here: http://www.delta.com/schedules/trave.../flight_sched/
Nov 18, 2011 | 9:21 am
#5
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Auckland, NZ/New York, NY/ATL
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With options like EK, EY, QR, etc, I would avoid DL/AF at all costs. With that said, if you are stuck on ST, AF does fly it direct from CDG twice a day.
Nov 18, 2011 | 10:03 am
#6
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Twin Cities
Programs: NW, UA
Posts: 918
Um.. Ever noticed the ST roster? Aeroflot.. Chinese carrier 1.. Kenya... Chinese carrier 2.. Korean.. Chinese 3.. Emirates or Qatar doesn't seem like a logical fit. 
If not a western carrier, the prerequisite criterion seems to be: communist (or former) or dismal safety records.
If not a western carrier, the prerequisite criterion seems to be: communist (or former) or dismal safety records.
Nov 18, 2011 | 10:13 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Orlando, FL
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Um.. Ever noticed the ST roster? Aeroflot.. Chinese carrier 1.. Kenya... Chinese carrier 2.. Korean.. Chinese 3.. Emirates or Qatar doesn't seem like a logical fit. If not a western carrier, the prerequisite criterion seems to be: communist (or former) or dismal safety records.
If not a western carrier, the prerequisite criterion seems to be: communist (or former) or dismal safety records.
Nov 18, 2011 | 10:40 am
#8
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: JAX / MUC / BER
Programs: DL DM, LH SEN, Mariott Titanium
Posts: 372
Nov 18, 2011 | 10:56 am
#9
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Nov 18, 2011 | 2:02 pm
#13
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SkyTeam has very good carriers. As carriers join SkyTeam they improve in quality.
Korean Airlines is underrated and just like Korea itself from automobile manufacturing to electronics and beyond will get even better. Korean Airlines has vastly improved over years past.
The chinese carriers like China Eastern and China Southern are getting better as well.
One can do nicely staying in the Delta alliance over time.
No single alliance will have every route in the world nonstop. However Delta's Skyteam alliance is very good.
There is no one perfect alliance to get you on the best carriers at all time. It doesn't exist.
If you must have the best airlines at all times, you will have to be enrolled in multiple alliances and FF programs. Simple as that.
Korean Airlines is underrated and just like Korea itself from automobile manufacturing to electronics and beyond will get even better. Korean Airlines has vastly improved over years past.
The chinese carriers like China Eastern and China Southern are getting better as well.
One can do nicely staying in the Delta alliance over time.
No single alliance will have every route in the world nonstop. However Delta's Skyteam alliance is very good.
There is no one perfect alliance to get you on the best carriers at all time. It doesn't exist.
If you must have the best airlines at all times, you will have to be enrolled in multiple alliances and FF programs. Simple as that.
Nov 18, 2011 | 2:08 pm
#14
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: LHR
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The comments about EK amuse me...I've flown them and while the IFE and food were great, I hated those flights WRT to service, seat comfort, and leg room (Y tickets)...I had great expectations though and wanted EK to live up to their reputation... 
