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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 1:22 pm
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Originally Posted by ConcordeBoy
History however, tells a different story: access to Air France's Concorde and [for a while] L'espace Premier inventory was off limits to Delta.
What was the reason? I can understand why they did not want to make these codeshare, but why wouldn't they sell seats to Delta as they would to any other customer?
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Dovster
What was the reason?
As I've already answered: AF wanted to avoid brand confusion, nor did it think DL had the wherewithal to properly market the services. DL eventually gained access to F-inventory, but AF held out to the very last day on Concorde.
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