Now AA is talking with JAL......show us the $$$$--article

[G4G5]

The biggest loser will be UAL. Dal has NWA, AA will have JAL. Then who does UAL have? Only CAL, it's tough to sell routes with only one buyer and even tougher to negotiate a merger when the other guy knows he is the only game in town

 

[RJAA]

UA and CO would be just fine as long as ANA sticks around with STAR alliance. With all of this mess going on with JAL, ANA will soon be the preferred airline of Japan. STAR also have SQ, TH and OZ, so bring it.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

UA and CO would be just fine as long as ANA sticks around with STAR alliance. With all of this mess going on with JAL, ANA will soon be the preferred airline of Japan. STAR also have SQ, TH and OZ, so bring it.

Last year ANA already transported more passengers in both the domestic and international markets than JAL and the stats released for mid year already shows ANA with a good lead for this year, ANA is already the preferred airline in Japan. I frankly think it is more likely they will enter into a partnership with AF/KLM that they would with AA, just because they want to expand in higher yield markets, if you see the expansion plans of ANA for the 787/748/777 it is more towards China and the EU than anything else (very little expansion to the USA) specially in the cargo business (we carry a lot of freight to and from China on the passenger flights) China surpassed the USA last year as the major consumer of Japanese goods and the expansion is concentrated on that block. Although the USA cargo market continues to be an interesting and profitable market for the Japanese carriers the passenger market is not that much (the yield is just not there) I would be very surprised if those AA/JAL talks amount to anything

 

[Going2Baja]

JAL is a diversion...Anderson REALLY wants Alaska.

Baja.