JAL ends talk w/DAL stays with AA

[jehtplane]

Regardless what would some of the back up plans be?

Take their spanking by AMR!

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

Take their spanking by AMR!

AMR doesn't exactly spank anyone except their own employees...

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Agreed... DAL is not UAL......

However, JAL coming over to Skyteam seemed more of an advantage of opportunity, not a business plan need.... JAL has good PAC feed and routes with NWA.....

Regardless what would some of the back up plans be?

That is not something that can be discussed.

 

[Green]

That is not something that can be discussed.

are you serious??? Somehow you are privy to top secret info? Pilots love to feel relevant when it comes to the airlines' business decisions.

 

[doh]

Congratulations to my favorite airline!:beer:

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

That is not something that can be discussed.

I guarantee you that you don't know anymore than the chief pilot at DAL. If management doesn't want the info out... they certainly don't tell the CP.... whatever you know, it isn't much. If you did know front office info, you would say anything in the first place....



ssssssh secrets....

 

[Mr.B]

That is not something that can be discussed.

Don't you look forward to flying with these guys who just know EVERYTHING!

(But I just can't discuss it until THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT)

 

[andyd]

I too am wondering if this is a leak floated by AA, or perhaps JAL to save face...only later to be forced to join skyteam by the ETIC. Interesting that there isn't a peep about this in the Japan Times...who have been covering this story in detail. Sounds like a slow news day and someone on the business desk cooked it up to sell some papers.

 

[Tref]

There is such thing as negotiating through the press.

 

[poppi]

Japan Air Will Decide Between American, Delta Offers This Month
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By Kiyotaka Matsuda and Mary Schlangenstein


Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Japan Airlines Corp. reiterated that it will decide between tie-up offers this month after Asahi said the carrier would reject advances from Delta Air Lines Inc. and stick with American Airlines.
“Nothing is decided yet,” Satoru Tanaka, a spokesman for the Tokyo-based carrier, said today by phone. “We will make the decision by mid-February.”
The two U.S. carriers have both offered to invest in Asia’s biggest airline by sales ahead of a so-called ‘open skies’ agreement that will liberalize flights across the Pacific. JAL, a member of the Oneworld alliance alongside American, is restructuring its operations after filing for Japan’s fourth- largest bankruptcy last month.
American spokesman Charley Wilson declined to confirm or deny the Asahi report in an e-mailed reply to Bloomberg questions. British Airways Plc, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and Qantas Airways Ltd. are also members of Oneworld.
JAL was unchanged at 1 yen at 11 a.m. in Tokyo trading. The carrier is due to be delisted later this month.
Delta is a member of SkyTeam alongside carriers including Air France KLM Group, Korean Air Lines Co. and China Southern Airlines Co.
To contact the Bloomberg reporters on this story: Kiyotaka Matsuda in Tokyo at [email protected]; Mary Schlangenstein in Dallas at maryc.s@bloomberg