Hand87_5
May 5, 2004 at 10:26 pm

NW and CO to join SkyTeam

I read in an article about AF/KL wedding that CO and NW are about to join skyteam by mid-september.
Does someone knows more? It sounds odd to me that CO NW DL will work under the same alliance.

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By: greekdude1 - 6th May 2004 at 01:00

Looks like they are gearing up to become the 2nd best Alliance, behind Star, of course. 😉

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By: MEA380 - 5th May 2004 at 22:49

As far as I know, Middle East Airlines (MEA) is going to join Skyteam in November. A LOT of airlines ARE joining this year
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By: greekdude1 - 5th May 2004 at 22:32

It sounds odd to me that CO NW DL will work under the same alliance.

Not really. USAirways is about to officially enter Star, and that would make 2 U.S. carriers in that alliance. CO and NW already are partners, so them both entering makes sense. Obviously the only reason NW is entering in the first place, is because of the whole AF/KL gimmick. By the way, with US now in the mix, UA ended their marketing agreement with DL back in October. This entailed FF members of the respective airline being able to accrue mileage on the other airlines’ domestic routes only.