Why is SAUDIA not showing up on DELTA
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If you want to fly Saudia, have you tried calling DL?
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Gotta love that FOX News article ... its so fair and balanced
Do these people not know that the USA has long ago sold their soul to the Saudis for oil.
If Delta wanted to make a stand, they should stop buying Saudi oil and leave the alliance.
btw, if Saudi discriminates against Jews, what do you call the incidents of discrimination and racism in the USA, like the time the imams got pulled off a flight for praying.....
Do these people not know that the USA has long ago sold their soul to the Saudis for oil.
If Delta wanted to make a stand, they should stop buying Saudi oil and leave the alliance.
btw, if Saudi discriminates against Jews, what do you call the incidents of discrimination and racism in the USA, like the time the imams got pulled off a flight for praying.....
Should all these companies be investigated? We should boycott Coca Cola, and Pepsi, Boeing, Lockehhed Martin ( We should not buy any military hardware from them), no medicines from Eli Lily, no cereal from Kellog, no cars from companies that sells cars in KSA. The list is endless.
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sorry about that it wouldn't log me on there were articles in the Fox News, Huffington Post, Atlanta Business Journal and the Atlanta Jewish News as well as many other sites
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...udi-agreement/
http://www.ajc.com/business/saudi-ar...s-1448779.html
The latter links talks about Delta not codesharing with Saudia
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...udi-agreement/
http://www.ajc.com/business/saudi-ar...s-1448779.html
The latter links talks about Delta not codesharing with Saudia
Originally Posted by Fox New article
ay Sekulow, with the American Center for Law and Justice, said Delta has not fully addressed the issue. “The reality is, if you’ve got Israel stamped on your passport and you’re not Jewish, you’re not getting a visa. In effect, whatever Delta wants to say, they’re enforcing that policy.”
How do you conclude delta is discriminating?
The second aritcle simply says Delta is still not code sharing. It's a piece of information. It doesn't say why DL is not code sharing. DL does not code aher with a few other partners and not even with a close partner such as Air France on many routes.
As for a Senator writing to FAA, it's not a proof of anything. It's simply his opinion. Senators say lots of things for lots of reasons. Contributions to their campaign, geting support from some groups, are some of the reasons Rep Dan Burton defended Pakistan and pushed its agenda for years in exchange for money that came from Pakistan's spy agency ISI. It doesn't mean he was right. In fact he has admitted his mistake and he gave all the money he received from ISI away.
There is a lot of hype in the article, and little substance.
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In response to the above question:
There is no evidence of that.
It is possible to be members of the same alliance while both: not code-sharing on some/many/any/all flights; and not giving flight credit for some/many flights. What would be unprecedented since the three big global airline alliances came into being would be denial of any credit for all flights of an alliance member. It is still to be seen how this is going to go over.
There is no evidence of that.
It is possible to be members of the same alliance while both: not code-sharing on some/many/any/all flights; and not giving flight credit for some/many flights. What would be unprecedented since the three big global airline alliances came into being would be denial of any credit for all flights of an alliance member. It is still to be seen how this is going to go over.
Delta said it still does not plan to "code-share" with Saudia by selling seats on each others' flights, but now that Saudia is a SkyTeam member, Delta said it will share airport lounge benefits and allow passengers to earn Delta frequent flier miles if they fly on Saudia.
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You made an excellent point. Nearly a hundred American companies, including 3M, AT&T, Amoco, Coca Cola, City Corp, BoA, Haliburton, Exxon, and IBM are doing business in KSA.
Should all these companies be investigated? We should boycott Coca Cola, and Pepsi, Boeing, Lockehhed Martin ( We should not buy any military hardware from them), no medicines from Eli Lily, no cereal from Kellog, no cars from companies that sells cars in KSA. The list is endless.
Should all these companies be investigated? We should boycott Coca Cola, and Pepsi, Boeing, Lockehhed Martin ( We should not buy any military hardware from them), no medicines from Eli Lily, no cereal from Kellog, no cars from companies that sells cars in KSA. The list is endless.
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They did get new ST members up quickly the last couple of times. Of course, they were existing partners on which just a few earning things changed when they joined ST, but they were generally up within days of joining. We're at two weeks now.
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I think DL is evaluating how to proceed with the announcement. There are some practical difficulties. Suppose you book on DL's site which comes up with an flight marketed by Af or some other partner, but that happens to be code-share with Saudia.
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Regulations require airlines to disclose the operating carrier on all code shares.
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AF and SV started codesharing at the time (or before) SV's plan to join ST was announced. I can't get DL.dumb to offer flights JFK-RUH, so presumably CDG-RUH is not a JV flight. I don't see the issues with needing to foot drag on putting up an earning chart. At least now one could book the AF-coded, SV-operated flights and earn SkyMiles, since SV is a ST carrier and the rules would follow DL's chart for AF-coded flights as long as the operating carrier is in ST. It's going to be interesting to see what happens later this month when ME joins. Anybody want to bet that they get a press release welcoming them to ST and a speedy appearance on the earning chart?
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Every airline of an alliance does not file fares to every city served by an alliance member.
I was able to pull up AF coded itinerary operated by AF, DL and SV on ITA.
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AF and SV started codesharing at the time (or before) SV's plan to join ST was announced. I can't get DL.dumb to offer flights JFK-RUH, so presumably CDG-RUH is not a JV flight. I don't see the issues with needing to foot drag on putting up an earning chart. At least now one could book the AF-coded, SV-operated flights and earn SkyMiles, since SV is a ST carrier and the rules would follow DL's chart for AF-coded flights as long as the operating carrier is in ST. It's going to be interesting to see what happens later this month when ME joins. Anybody want to bet that they get a press release welcoming them to ST and a speedy appearance on the earning chart?
I was able to pull up AF coded itinerary operated by AF, DL and SV on ITA.
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Every airline of an alliance does not file fares to every city served by an alliance member.
I was able to pull up AF coded itinerary operated by AF, DL and SV on ITA.
Every airline of an alliance does not file fares to every city served by an alliance member.
I was able to pull up AF coded itinerary operated by AF, DL and SV on ITA.
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It wouldn't surprise me if DL adds mention of Saudia on its website when Mid East joins SkyTeam in a few weeks. It will then take months for these new partners to be added to the list printed in Sky magazine.
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