Antitrust immunity per Skyteam

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SkyTeam partners Delta Air Lines, Air France, Alitalia, CSA Czech Airlines, KLM and Northwest Airlines filed a response to comments on their application for antitrust immunity with the US Dept. of Transportation. "The only comments filed opposing the application were filed by American Airlines, based on its claim that the DOT's decade-long policy approving immunized alliances and seeking to open aviation markets and improve international air services through Open Skies Treaties has been a mistake," Delta Senior VP-Government Affairs Scott Yohe said. According to Delta, if approval is granted, customers will have accessible service in 8,700 US-Europe city-pairs that currently are not served by either the Northwest-KLM or Air France-Delta-Alitalia-CSA alliances. In addition, approval would increase transatlantic competition by allowing the carriers to compete on equal terms with airlines in rival global alliances.

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[marcogiov]

Si tratterebbe della "fusione" delle due vecchie alleanze KL-NW da una parte e DL-AF-AZ-OK dall' altra. CO sembra rimanere fuori.