the AF-KLM changes/questions/news thread
May 6, 2004, 8:26 pm
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the AF-KLM changes/questions/news thread
Hello, I thought it might be good to keep a thread going on the new changes with air france and klm. There will be an effect on many other airlines.
To get things going, here are my questions
-when kl (and by virtue of ownership by kl) nw are folded in to skyteam, what will be the effect on partners of nw and kl who are not in skyteam?
(for example, alaska, horizon, malaysia, america west....)
-when co (by virtue of dl and nw links) is folded in to skyteam, what will be the status of skyteam members with which co has no ties (for example, air france, alitalia, korean and csa?
And some news
-In its media release (airfrance.com, then click on corporate site) it was mentioned that KL and AF have divided the world between them, with AF focusing on the americas and kl getting asia and oceania.....I suppose this is that "synergy" word that keeps coming up
To get things going, here are my questions
-when kl (and by virtue of ownership by kl) nw are folded in to skyteam, what will be the effect on partners of nw and kl who are not in skyteam?
(for example, alaska, horizon, malaysia, america west....)
-when co (by virtue of dl and nw links) is folded in to skyteam, what will be the status of skyteam members with which co has no ties (for example, air france, alitalia, korean and csa?
And some news
-In its media release (airfrance.com, then click on corporate site) it was mentioned that KL and AF have divided the world between them, with AF focusing on the americas and kl getting asia and oceania.....I suppose this is that "synergy" word that keeps coming up
May 8, 2004, 1:24 pm
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I was under the impression that KL had a minority stake in NW...which led to the original pre-continental codeshare deal
also to note, of the skyteam 6, co only has agreements now with 2, nw only with 2 and kl only with csa, and air france by virtue of new ownership
also to note, of the skyteam 6, co only has agreements now with 2, nw only with 2 and kl only with csa, and air france by virtue of new ownership
May 8, 2004, 2:00 pm
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Originally Posted by jetcity405
I was under the impression that KL had a minority stake in NW...which led to the original pre-continental codeshare deal
also to note, of the skyteam 6, co only has agreements now with 2, nw only with 2 and kl only with csa, and air france by virtue of new ownership
also to note, of the skyteam 6, co only has agreements now with 2, nw only with 2 and kl only with csa, and air france by virtue of new ownership
It's kinda similiar to NWA owning the majority of voting rights to CO a few years back...they came in under DL's radar and snatched it away...they turned around a few years later and sold it to CO for a nice profit