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KFlyer From Sri Lanka, joined Mar 2007, 1208 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 4473 times:
As both are Star carriers, IMHO the biggest impact will be on OneWorld. OneWorld is already in a comparatively weaker position in the face of Star.
IMHO, OneWorld should aim at luring one of the Mid Eastern carriers towards it.
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kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (3 years 4 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 4271 times:
Quoting KFlyer (Reply 1): OneWorld should aim at luring one of the Mid Eastern carriers towards it.
OneWorld already has a Middle Eastern carrier , RJ .
Quoting KFlyer (Reply 1): As both are Star carriers, IMHO the biggest impact will be on OneWorld.
Would you mind being a little more specific ? What impact would you see a merged CO/UA having on OW that they don't already have as two separate *A members ?
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KFlyer From Sri Lanka, joined Mar 2007, 1208 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (3 years 4 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 4254 times:
@kiwiandrew, I meant adding one of the Mid East big three ( EK,QR,EY ). Sorry for not being specific.
The threat to OW would come from the streamlined network of the two carriers. Let's be honest, OW has a lot to catch up, doesn't it ?
I am sorry if I seem as a Star propagandist here, which I am not.
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777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11318 posts, RR: 17 Reply 4, posted (3 years 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 4185 times:
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AA is certainly going to be the biggest looser in all of this and I wouldn't be surprised to hear or see any news of another US domestic airline joining OW (Alaska?) or AA starting a more extensive codesharing arragement.
Wonder how badly this merger would also affect US to the extent that US may consider leaving star for OW?
AirNiugini From Australia, joined Mar 2010, 152 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (3 years 4 weeks ago) and read 3972 times:
I read on the Star Alliance website years ago when US Airways first joined that a major advantage to Star passengers is that they will allow greater coverage to to Caribbean and Central America etc etc... But now that CO has joined maybe they overlap somewhat?
I know that US Airways has more assets then just the Caribbean network to offer an alliance, but is Star still the best alliance for US?
Delimit From United States of America, joined Jan 2009, 1432 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 3155 times:
As they're both in Star...very little. It would probably serve to integrate CO a little faster, as UA has been in the alliance far longer. Other than that...nothing I can really think of, honestly.
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 10, posted (3 years 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2819 times:
Quoting KFlyer (Reply 3): @kiwiandrew, I meant adding one of the Mid East big three ( EK,QR,EY ). Sorry for not being specific.
EY and GF codeshare extensively with AA and EY codeshares extensively with QF as well. I wouldn't be surprised if EY eventually purchases a "minority share" in QF (pure hypothesis on my part). Add to the codeshare with RJ and AA/OneWorld does do a decent job in the Middle East.
That being said, OneWorld would be smart to lure both EY and GF into OneWorld.
Quoting 777ER (Reply 4): AA is certainly going to be the biggest looser in all of this and I wouldn't be surprised to hear or see any news of another US domestic airline joining OW (Alaska?) or AA starting a more extensive codesharing arragement.
How is a combined CO/UA going to make AA the "biggest loser"?
kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 11, posted (3 years 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2591 times:
Quoting Jacobin777 (Reply 10): That being said, OneWorld would be smart to lure both EY and GF into OneWorld.
Why ? The Gulf does not have that big a population base , OW only has two carriers (AA MX ) to cover the whole of North America and two ( CX JL ) , with a third ( IT ) on the way , to cover Asia so why would OW want two Gulf based carriers? It seems a bit of overkill to me .
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AmricanShamrok From Ireland, joined May 2008, 2611 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (3 years 3 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2546 times:
Quoting AIRBORNE1 (Reply 9): Let's hope the joint Aer Lingus and United is killed by the merge of CO..
I agree, I think EI should focus on their Irish operations and concentrate on their growth to their home country. In saying that though, the EI/UA IAD-MAD is apparantly doing well...
Cubsrule From United States of America, joined May 2004, 21242 posts, RR: 19 Reply 13, posted (3 years 3 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 2360 times:
Quoting AirNiugini (Reply 6): but is Star still the best alliance for US?
I think so. Star gives US the middle of the country and Asia, two areas where US' network is quite weak (or nonexistent in Asia's case).
The more interesting question for me is what US brings to each alliance. Here's how I see it
Star: Caribbean network, DCA, CLT
Oneworld: PHL, DCA, CLT, PHX to an extent
Skyteam: PHL, DCA, PHX
It's tough to weigh those three - it may be that US would benefit another alliance more, but that's not clear to me.
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ETinCaribe From Ethiopia, joined Dec 2009, 620 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 years 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 2221 times:
Quoting KFlyer (Reply 3): The threat to OW would come from the streamlined network of the two carriers. Let's be honest, OW has a lot to catch up, doesn't it ?
I am a *A fan as well, but mergers in any industry of two large companies is anything but easy to successfully implement. AA could use that to its advantage, though I know that I am probably spinning
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