Singapore_Air From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 13711 posts, RR: 21 Posted (7 years 2 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 3698 times:
Shanghai Airlines is to join the Star Alliance - The Airline Network For Earth.
Vasing Kittikul, executive vice president of Thai Airways International leaked the information at the Star Alliance SWISS celebrations in Zurich.
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"Shanghai Airways will be one of the airlines to fill up the white spots," Visang said, declining to give details of talks with companies in other regions.
Thai Airways already works closely with the Chinese carrier, as well as the Beijing-based Air China, Visang said.
"I'm going to visit Shanghai Airways at the end of this month to talk about domestic flights in China," he added.
CHI787ORD From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 517 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (7 years 2 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 3349 times:
Air India would make a nice addition for Star as well...
interesting that they dont mention middle east (MS or QR ?) or central america (TA ?) as 'white spots'
"We continue to discuss the advantages of the alliance with other carriers where we have what we call 'white spots', or parts of the globe where there are opportunities to improve service, such as China, India and Russia," Jaan Albrecht, the chief executive of Star Alliance, told reporters.
Albrecht, speaking at a ceremony here to welcome the alliance's latest member, Swiss International Air Lines, did not identify the carriers involved or give details of the status of negotiations.
"Don't expect us to make an announcement here and now. But believe me, we are weeks away from an announcement, not months," Albrecht said.
Quoting Xiaotung (Reply 8): Any idea if FM will join as a regional member or not? If yes, who will be the sponsor?
perhaps TG ?? see below
Vasing Kittikul, executive vice president of Thai Airways International -- one of the five founding companies of the Star Alliance -- later told AFP that the Chinese company Shanghai Airways was set to join.
"Shanghai Airways will be one of the airlines to fill up the white spots," Visang said, declining to give details of talks with companies in other regions.
Thai Airways already works closely with the Chinese carrier, as well as the Beijing-based Air China, Visang said.
"I'm going to visit Shanghai Airways at the end of this month to talk about domestic flights in China," he added.
[Edited 2006-04-08 10:41:55]
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Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 10, posted (7 years 2 months 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 3123 times:
Quoting Kiwiandrew (Reply 9): "We continue to discuss the advantages of the alliance with other carriers where we have what we call 'white spots', or parts of the globe where there are opportunities to improve service, such as China, India and Russia," Jaan Albrecht, the chief executive of Star Alliance, told reporters.
I know - kind of sad when you quote your own post quoting someone elses words ... but I am interested in the 'white spot' that is Russia .. I can only assume that since SU is taken by Skyteam that Star must be trying to get Transaero - not really an airline I know anything about other than having seen a ( very attractive from both genders ! ) Transaero crew recently when passing through KUL ... and that they inherited NZs old 747-219s ( from VS the first 'secondhand' owners of them ) .
Anyone know more about them ... or have any other ideas for a potential Star Russian airline ?
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Skyteam10001 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 194 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (7 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 3087 times:
Rumour has it that China Southern will gain entrance in Skyteam in October 2006. This has not been confirmed though.
USPIT10L From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 3267 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2806 times:
Quoting Kiwiandrew (Reply 10): Anyone know more about them ... or have any other ideas for a potential Star Russian airline ?
IIRC SibirAir was being looked at as a potential Star Alliance partner.
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