La quarta compagnia cinese, per grandezza, cerca di accasarsi in qualche alleanza.
Visti i recenti 'acquisti' di China Southern, China Eastern e lo switch di Shanghai Airlines in SkyTeam......credo bisognerà guardare altrove.
Si potrebbe pensare a oneworld, visto che Star ha già Air China.
Però Hainan Airlines mi pare sia consociata a Hong Kong Airlines che a HK è rivale di Cathay, come noto in OW.
Sarà interessante seguirne gli sviluppi........se se ne farà qualcosa alla fine
Today I noticed that Hainan Air of China had posted a press release on their website regarding joining an alliance. I remember when they were declined from joining OneWorld in 2006. They still want to join an alliance. The release reads...
Hainan Airlines plans to join a global alliance and will start talks with Star, SkyTeam and oneworld soon, a source from the Chinese carrier told ATWOnline on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Berlin. "So far, we still haven't had formal talks with any airline alliance, but definitely we would [like to] select one suitable for us," the source said. It is widely speculated that Hainan will join oneworld, but oneworld Managing Partner John McCulloch noted at the AGM that the alliance is not in negotiations with Hainan and is considering its options in China...
The Link for More is http://global.hnair.com/NewsShow.php...lurl=../dynamic/na/en/newsdate.xml
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4977738/
Visti i recenti 'acquisti' di China Southern, China Eastern e lo switch di Shanghai Airlines in SkyTeam......credo bisognerà guardare altrove.
Si potrebbe pensare a oneworld, visto che Star ha già Air China.
Però Hainan Airlines mi pare sia consociata a Hong Kong Airlines che a HK è rivale di Cathay, come noto in OW.
Sarà interessante seguirne gli sviluppi........se se ne farà qualcosa alla fine
Today I noticed that Hainan Air of China had posted a press release on their website regarding joining an alliance. I remember when they were declined from joining OneWorld in 2006. They still want to join an alliance. The release reads...
Hainan Airlines plans to join a global alliance and will start talks with Star, SkyTeam and oneworld soon, a source from the Chinese carrier told ATWOnline on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Berlin. "So far, we still haven't had formal talks with any airline alliance, but definitely we would [like to] select one suitable for us," the source said. It is widely speculated that Hainan will join oneworld, but oneworld Managing Partner John McCulloch noted at the AGM that the alliance is not in negotiations with Hainan and is considering its options in China...
The Link for More is http://global.hnair.com/NewsShow.php...lurl=../dynamic/na/en/newsdate.xml
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4977738/