Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
George,
After much thought [giving DL more flying] may just be a way for [Air France] to get out of the JV and embrace EK.
There is a lot going on in the international scene and all of us need to watch it, and educate ourselves accordingly.
We provide something EK can't even come close to replacing. A comprehensive domestic feed in the USA is far more valueable than the redundant arbitrary hub connectivity EK can provide. EK can't touch what we do in the US. Not even remotely close. It wouldn't suprise me if EK tries to buy into or partner with AF in some way...they have to try and put their little tinpot "EGO" bubble fleet somewhere, but it won't be the catalyst for kicking DL out of the AF JV because they would be in even worse shape afterwards with a huge chunk of revenue missing that they couldn't replace.