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Would An Alliance Ever "start" An Airline?  
User currently offlineVC10er From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 2431 posts, RR: 9
Posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 2222 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

If an airline allinace like "Star Alliance" had a serious but small gap somewhere and could not find a suitable partner, do you think they would have the "stones" to start an "airline" of their own?


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User currently onlineeinsteinboricua From Puerto Rico, joined Apr 2010, 2045 posts, RR: 6
Reply 1, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2131 times:

If I'm not mistaken, Russia had AiRUnion some time ago. What started as an alliance of airlines was in the process of becoming an airline before all of its members went bankrupt.


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User currently offlineMasseyBrown From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 4727 posts, RR: 7
Reply 2, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2112 times:

I doubt if an alliance (which lacks sufficient assets and borrowing power) would start an airline in its own name, but I can imagine circumstances in which a few big alliance members help to finance a startup which would then belong to the same alliance.


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User currently offlineEastAlt From United States of America, joined Aug 2009, 29 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1857 times:

I would say this could be possible. This would be a great opportunity for a new US upstart. However, im sure the creation of a new upstart in the US would create a lot of noise. Other issues might include ownership limitations, and might require antitrust approval by the goverment. Please note, foreign carriers cannot own more than 20 percent of a US carrier. So the remaining 80 percent would have to be owned by an investor or US air carrier.

User currently onlinejetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (2 years 11 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1267 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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It might be able to work with like regionals. Could be a good revenue sharer.
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