India air competition is getting smaller, how will *A react?
Apr 4, 2006 | 11:35 am
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India air competition is getting smaller, how will *A react?
Looks like Air India and Indian Airline are merging as are Jet Airways and Air Sahara. This changes the Indian aviation landscape dramatically.
Will *A be interested in getting one of these mega airlines into the fold?
Has anyone flown all four airlines and can comment on whether they are worthy to be in *A?
Will *A be interested in getting one of these mega airlines into the fold?
Has anyone flown all four airlines and can comment on whether they are worthy to be in *A?
Apr 4, 2006 | 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Scott218
Looks like Air India and Indian Airline are merging as are Jet Airways and Air Sahara. This changes the Indian aviation landscape dramatically.
Will *A be interested in getting one of these mega airlines into the fold?
Has anyone flown all four airlines and can comment on whether they are worthy to be in *A?
Will *A be interested in getting one of these mega airlines into the fold?
Has anyone flown all four airlines and can comment on whether they are worthy to be in *A?
Apr 5, 2006 | 5:25 am
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AI codeshares extensively with a bunch of *A airlines, and AI pax can earn award miles on LH flights (vice versa - LH pax can earn points on AI's "Flying Returns" FFP)
9W CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer is ex OS and ex *A chair so I keep hearing rumors about 9W going to join the *A. Anyway, *A seems to be talking both to AI and 9W http://www.expresstravelandtourism.c...rwaves04.shtml
9W CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer is ex OS and ex *A chair so I keep hearing rumors about 9W going to join the *A. Anyway, *A seems to be talking both to AI and 9W http://www.expresstravelandtourism.c...rwaves04.shtml
Originally Posted by Scott218
Looks like Air India and Indian Airline are merging as are Jet Airways and Air Sahara. This changes the Indian aviation landscape dramatically.
Will *A be interested in getting one of these mega airlines into the fold?
Has anyone flown all four airlines and can comment on whether they are worthy to be in *A?
Will *A be interested in getting one of these mega airlines into the fold?
Has anyone flown all four airlines and can comment on whether they are worthy to be in *A?
Apr 7, 2006 | 6:53 pm
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Originally Posted by hserus
AI codeshares extensively with a bunch of *A airlines, and AI pax can earn award miles on LH flights (vice versa - LH pax can earn points on AI's "Flying Returns" FFP)
9W CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer is ex OS and ex *A chair so I keep hearing rumors about 9W going to join the *A. Anyway, *A seems to be talking both to AI and 9W http://www.expresstravelandtourism.c...rwaves04.shtml
9W CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer is ex OS and ex *A chair so I keep hearing rumors about 9W going to join the *A. Anyway, *A seems to be talking both to AI and 9W http://www.expresstravelandtourism.c...rwaves04.shtml
Apr 8, 2006 | 2:21 am
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at yesterday's StarAlliance party in ZRH (featuring swiss' entry, all Star-carriers CEO and some flyertalkers were present), it was officially said, that Star is in intensive talks with (a) carrier(s) in China, India and Russia. While an announement about a chinese carrier to join star is expected in a few weeks, no timing details were given (yet) about India and Russia.
Apr 19, 2006 | 9:45 pm
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Originally Posted by lecter
Who could it be in Russia? S7? Star Alliance member or not, I shudder at the notion of Novosibirsk layovers...
Apr 19, 2006 | 10:01 pm
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I haven't been there, but it's not so much the airport itself as the notion of going there since it's their hub...for example, if I'd want to take S7 on the most popular route in Russia, DME-LED, I'd have to pass through OVB...hardly convenient.
Apr 20, 2006 | 5:54 pm
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