By: Jeanske_SN - 28th February 2004 at 20:12
Yes I think so because Swissair traditionally owned the airline :D.
By: greekdude1 - 28th February 2004 at 20:09
I forgot about TAP. Was I correct about Air Liberte, or were they never in it?
By: Airline owner - 28th February 2004 at 18:46
TAP are doing reasonably well as they have put in an order for 3 A 319’s direct from the manufacturer as well as 3 Dash 8-Q300’s also direct from manufacturer
By: Jeanske_SN - 28th February 2004 at 15:51
TAP Air Portugal was also a member, and escaped bankruptcy. How are they doing nowadays?
They mayor problem with this indeed ****ty alliance is that it didn’t connect the whole world. There were only European companies in it.
-No connections to South America
+A high number of African cities, some cities were only served by Sabena (connecting to Europe). This also resulted in many American passengers connecting trough Brussels and Zurich to get to Africa.
-Few connections to the Far East and Middle East.
-No connections to Oceania.
+Only quality airlines were a member. Their name was true.
By: tenthije - 28th February 2004 at 15:15
The main member of the Qualiflyer group was Swissair.
Although there was no US member in the group, there was a close cooperation with AA.
By: Airline owner - 28th February 2004 at 08:16
I imagine that Sabena was the main Airline in there and with out them…..
By: greekdude1 - 28th February 2004 at 02:27
The original Qualiflyer Group was SwissAir, Sabena, AOM, Austrian, LOT, and wasn’t Air Liberte in there at once stage also? Austrian wised up and bolted a while ago to join Star. LOT left long ago, and eventually joined Star last year. The rest of those guys were owned by SwissAir anyway, and wound up going bankrupt. Pretty $hitty alliance from the getgo, if you ask me. Where were the non-Euro airlines to cover other regions?
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February 27, 2004 at 10:10 pm