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Air France-Qantas: Another step towards the end of alliances?
On Monday, December 9, 2019, Air France-KLM Group announced a new partnership with Qantas, even more advanced than the existing one.
While Delta is the majority shareholder of Virgin Altantic (which is not in SkyTeam) and LATAM (which was previously...
What if Lufthansa took over Alitalia?
The takeover of Alitalia is a bit like The Young and the Restless, when you think it's over a new twist comes to question everything. And the one we are about to talk about would not be of the...
The four potential buyers of Malaysia Airlines are known
Malaysia Airlines has been in bad shape for a while now and the government was wondering whether to sell it, refinance it or simply shut it down.
20 potential investors have declared their interest in making a strategic investment in...
American Airlines not at all serene in the face of Delta and LATAM
There are signs that American Airlines is not taking the transformation of the airline landscape underway in Latin America so well.
Background:
1°) American Airlines is a partner of LATAM (Chile) within the Oneworld alliance, is the leading American airline in...
Will Delta leave Skyteam?
Delta's CEO, Ed Bastian, struck a blow about ten days ago by telling Bloomberg that the Skyteam alliance of which the airline is a member, "has not 'added much value to customers... to member airlines." and that the American...
Delta takes 20% of LATAM which will leave OneWorld
Delta will spend $1.9 billion to take a 20% stake in the South American airline LATAM (Chile), it was learned yesterday.
Delta will also invest $350 millions to support this strategic partnership.
Delta moves into Latin America
Finally, the U.S. airline will...
Will Skyteam become DeltaTeam?
Delta Airlines has announced a 4.3% stake in Hanjin KAL, the parent company of Korean Air. A small investment to strengthen ties with the South Korean carrier with which it set up a joint venture last year? Yes...but not...
Etihad joins forces with United. And will join Star Alliance tomorrow?
Etihad, the Abu Dhabi-based airline, is reportedly about to end its partnership with American Airlines in favor of United. Before going even further?
Historically, Etihad's American partner was American Airlines and a codeshare policy was set up between the two...
Meta-booking engines: alliances aim to be the gateway to airlines
From the passenger's point of view, airline alliances are just a vague marketing concept without much operational reality. But some are beginning to take a prominent place in the customer journey. Swan song or revolution of the concept?
The future...