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Started by frankly.de, Jun 06 2006 08:50 AM

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Posted 06 June 2006 - 08:50 AM

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Personally I find it a pity that every single Alliance has a mixture of great and worse than mediocre airlines. Just consider Star Alliance which on the one hand includes Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand:sdrool: , on the other hand has members like Varig or United:( (or even Lufthansa, for that matter). Oneworld is not much better: I quite like Cathay Pacific:shappy: and I guess Finnair, Qantas and BA are ok, but Iberia and Aer Lingus:cry: ? So here is my current dream team:

South America: TAM, LAN Chile
North America: American (although, don't know the US market well enough to know which airline to prefer there).
Europe: SN Brussels, Swiss, Finnair, maybe TAP Portugal
Africa: South African Airways, maybe Kenya Airways
Middle East: maybe Etihad, maybe ?
Asia: Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Asiana, ANA
Oceania: Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui, maybe Qantas

So what would your dream team look like? I look forward to hearing what others think
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Posted 06 June 2006 - 10:33 AM

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Talking about Oneworld alliance, I think you are not really into European airlines... Iberia covers the whole South American market from Europe, being a leader there, and that is why BA is both its shareholder and its partner. It really have a sense to include Iberia into the alliance, even if the on board service is not as high standard as BA´s one (I really don´t how it is in the rest of Oneworld airlines).

On the other hand, I don´t see the point of getting in an alliance with SN, Swiss or TAP, the three of them risking bankruptcy every day, and without a clear market where they could have a leadership position.

I think that Oneworld is the perfect alliance, only lacking a Middle East airline, that could be Emirates, and an African one (SAA is my favourite). With that they would have almost everything!
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Posted 06 June 2006 - 03:23 PM

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Aer Lingus are leaving OneWorld. Another stupid decision, but stupid descisions and Aer Lingus seem to match perfectly!
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Posted 06 June 2006 - 07:37 PM

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Just have Continental, a stronger CO Mike, and Emirates, and that would be just fine.
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Posted 06 June 2006 - 09:28 PM

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What can I say :D, all they need is a middle eastern airline. And with Air China in :). (Could you imagine what would happen if United and Continental merged?... Most likely keeping the United name, but I doubt they would leave SA.) That would be cool. Maybe more traffic to my local airport, Denver.
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Posted 07 June 2006 - 12:06 AM

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The Star Alliance seems the best to me, but they are so freaking large it might as well be the "For Every Airline Who Wants Another Logo Next To Their Name Alliance"
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Posted 12 August 2006 - 03:37 AM

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in the event that a mideast airline (emirates, gulf, qatar, or ethihad), BA, a budget US carrier, qantas, and cathay pacific (maybe thrown in Ethiopian too)could pull together an alliance by some maraculous feat few other airlines could hope to compete.

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Posted 14 August 2006 - 02:39 AM

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My dream alliance
North America: Alaska+Continental+Air Canada/Jazz
South America: LAN
Pacific: QANTAS+Hawaiian
Europe: British Airways+Air France/KLM
Middle East: El Al
Asia: JAL+Air India+Malaysia Airlines
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Posted 19 August 2006 - 05:01 PM

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I would take One World but add Alaska Airlines to the alliance as well. I think One World is a fantastic allaince in that it doesn't overlap much where Star for example in my opinion has too many members.
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Posted 14 September 2006 - 02:01 PM

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South America: LAN Chile
North America: United, Air Canada
Europe: Finnair, BA, Air France
Africa: South African Airways
Middle East: Emirates
Asia: Cathay! Cathay! Cathay Pacific!, Singapore Airlines, JAL, Thai, China Southern
Oceania: Air New Zealand, Qantas
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Posted 15 September 2006 - 02:06 AM

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hmmm..

South America: TAM, LAN Chile
North America: American, US Airways
Europe: BA, Iberia, Lufthansa
Africa: Ethiopian and South African
Middle East: Emirates (not other real choice there!! :P)
Asia: Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, JAL
Oceania: Qantas, Air New Zealand.

That would cover if not all, but most regions and major airports and give a comprehensive route alliance network i think :P

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Posted 29 September 2006 - 10:27 AM

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Europe: BA, Alitalia, Aeroflot
North America: United, Air Transat, Aeromexico
South America: LAN Chile
Africa:SAA, Virgin Nigeria
Asia: Cathay, Singapore
Oceania:QANTAS/Jetstar, Freedom, Air Pacific
Middle East: Gulf Air

A good global coverage there i think.

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Posted 16 October 2006 - 03:05 AM

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Here's mine:

North America: Continental, AirTran and United
South America: LAN
Europe: British Airways, Turkish Airways and Air Berlin/DBA
Africa: Ethiopian
Middle East: Qatar Airways
Asia: Korean Air, Singapore
Oceania: Qantas/Jetstar

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Posted 16 October 2006 - 12:27 PM

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Mine is:

Europe: Virgin Atlantic, Lufthansa, Iberia, Aerlingus and Monarch!!! :P
North America: United, Southwest and Continental,
South America: LAN and Varig,
Africa: Virgin Nigeria, Egypt Air and Air Mauritius,
Asia: Japan Air Lines, Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines
Oceania: Air New Zealand and Virgin Blue
Middle East: Emirates and Gulf Air
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Posted 23 October 2006 - 09:49 PM

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Africa: South African Airways
Asia: Cathay Pacific, JAL
Australia/Oceania: Singapore, Qantas
Europe: British Airways, Lufthansa
North America: Air Canada, American
South America: LAN, TAM

My dream alliance...
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Posted 24 October 2006 - 08:33 PM

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Africa: South African Airways
Asia: Cathay Pacific, JAL
Australia/Oceania: Singapore, Qantas
Europe: British Airways, Lufthansa
North America: Air Canada, American
South America: LAN, TAM

My dream alliance...


That would be the prefect alliance if it included any of the Gulf airlines (I would personally choose Etihad, but any of them is ok).
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Posted 31 October 2006 - 09:11 PM

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Africa: South African Airways
Asia: Cathay Pacific, JAL
Australia/Oceania: Singapore, Qantas
Europe: British Airways, Lufthansa
North America: Air Canada, American
South America: LAN, TAM

My dream alliance...


I'd Also have Etihad or Qatar for Middle East and swap American for Continental.

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 09:12 AM

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My dream Alliance:

Europe: British Airways, Aer Lingus, Malev, Finnair, Thomsonfly
North America: American Airlines, Frontier Airlines,Alaska Airlines
South America: Lan, Aeromexico, Mexicana, TAM, Gol
Australia/Oceana: Qantas, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, THAI
Asia: Cathay Pacific, JAL,
Africa: SAA, Comair, Ethiopian
Mid East: Emirates, Etihad

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Posted 16 November 2006 - 07:06 PM

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Here is mine, don't complain about certain biast view I have!

South America: TAM
North America: Southwest, Frontier, Air Transat, Spirit + New US Airways
Africa: South African
Europe: FlyBe, Ryanair, Malev + BA
Middle East: Qatar + Air India
SE Asia + Oceana: Thai, Cathay Pacific, Korean and Jetstar
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Posted 23 December 2006 - 09:27 AM

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Heres mine:

North America: Air Canada, American
South American: LAN
Europe: British Airways and/or Air France
Middle East: Emirates
Africa: South Africa Airways
Asia: Cathay Pacific and/or Singapore Airlines
Pacific: Qantas :)

It was just a quick think.
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