*A will lose three members in the next 12 months -- SA, TG & AI
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So there was a moment where they were an independent 3rd party airline for the purposes of assigning slots. If that was the plan from the start who knows. The business plan of Lauda did change drastically after Ryanair came in.
To the initial questions. Ocean would just count as LH under a different name as it a fully owned subsidiary. I would imagine that it wouldn't be the new competitor they were looking for.