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The Dept. of Transportation is helping to strengthen ties between Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, and four Europe-based carriers by granting anti-trust immunity to combine their transatlantic operations in an expanded Sky Team Alliance:
Such alliances are nothing new; but what can more of them do for you? Keep reading… |
The hope is that alliances will benefit passengers with more options, easier flight paths, cheaper flights, and even better lounges.
In my latest abcNews column, I touched on “gimmicks” airlines might try in an effort to make more money as fuel costs continue to soar. One of them was a domestic alliance along the lines of what we see happening between US and foreign carriers — which could have the opposite effect — leading to higher costs and fewer choices.
However, this latest anti-trust immunity ruling could expand choices for passengers. And in case you were wondering, it will not affect the anticipated Delta/Northwest merger (though the merger will need to pass other anti-trust reviews).
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