Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
What this is, is either a great coup de grace of DAL striking a major blow to the Oneworld Alliance, or making AMR show their hand, commit a ton of money to JAL that they do not have, and in effect weakening them to a point where they need to sell the JFK T-9 to DAL who is more than willing to take it off their hands.
Either way, check mate.
Exactly. You see, JAL is really the only link to Asia that AA has. If DAL gives them $$ and they leave the Oneworld Alliance for Skyteam, AA loses Asia and a lot of future revenue.
As ACL said.....check mate.