Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
I don't know DALPA's contract but I imagine the Alaska codeshare limitation is a result of domestic flying scope. Not many airline pilot contracts can stop their airline from obtaining a codeshare agreement with a foreign airline. Codesharing for LCCs like jetBlue and Virgin helps the LCCs get traffic out to international arenas where they have no service. If someone wants to book on jetBlue or Virgin going to Dubai from Chicago, they cannot. But jetBlue and Virgin's codeshare with Emirates allows that passenger to book a flight from ORD to Dubai via a domestic jetBlue/Virgin leg and then a connection to Emirates. This brings in revenue to jetBlue/Virgin. And lets admit that jetBlue/Virgin are probably never going to Dubai.
And didn't AA sign a JV with Qatar Airways?
They didn't sign a JV, but Qatar joined OneWorld. There is a huge difference between a code-share alliance partner and a JV partner. Still be interesting to see how that relationship works out with AA after the report that the big 3 sent out this week. I'm sure AA was pressured by some of the European carriers to let them into OneWorld.