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Old Oct 22, 2000 | 1:53 pm
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Which is the next * partner?
Which airline will join * next?Other than US air,what other rumors are out there?
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Old Oct 22, 2000 | 1:58 pm
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I havent heard so many rumours, though I personally feels that all that is missing is an african carrier(South African?) and one Chinese Airline.
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Old Oct 22, 2000 | 2:01 pm
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Old Oct 23, 2000 | 2:51 pm
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for entirely selfish reasons id like to see virgin as part of the *A

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Old Oct 23, 2000 | 2:51 pm
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for entirely selfish reasons id like to see virgin as part of the *A

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Old Oct 23, 2000 | 3:40 pm
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What about a Middle Eastern Airline?

Gulf Air and Emirates are both highly regarded.

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Old Oct 24, 2000 | 6:16 am
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Originally posted by sjharte:
What about a Middle Eastern Airline?

Gulf Air and Emirates are both highly regarded.

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I see that you can now earn UA miles on Emirates - perhaps that is the first step into the Star Alliance?

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Old Oct 24, 2000 | 8:11 am
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Hi,

South African has (unfortunately) gone into a codeshare agreement with Qantas.

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Old Oct 24, 2000 | 9:53 am
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Originally posted by goodo:
South African has (unfortunately) gone into a codeshare agreement with Qantas.
That doesn't mean anything. They still have a codeshare agreement with LH and SRGroup holds a minority stake in SA...

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Old Oct 24, 2000 | 10:09 am
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I don't think it makes sense for SAA to join an alliance. It has formed close-knit code-share agreement with a number of different partners from a number of different alliances:
Delta - North America - Sky Team
Nigeria Airlines - joint operations from Lagos - JFK
Lufthansa - Europe - Star Alliance
Swissair - Europe - Qualiflyer
Qantas - Australia - oneworld
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Old Oct 25, 2000 | 6:42 pm
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Adding Turkish Airlines to Star alliance would strengthen its alliance in the middle east and eastern europe.
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Old Oct 26, 2000 | 11:08 pm
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I'd say that the best airline to complete the network would be Emirates.
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Old May 23, 2001 | 10:41 pm
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Old May 24, 2001 | 12:55 am
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Virgin seems a good choice to me, as they could battle Oneworld on the transatlantic sector to England. More competition...better for us!!!
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Old May 24, 2001 | 4:40 am
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