Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
I wouldn't have thought it would. This agreement, for which the intention was announced quite a while ago, is the result of the outcome of the 31% ownership stake in VS taken by AF/KL, the approval of the joint control of VS by DL, AF/KL, and Virgin Group, and the approval of the 3-way transatlantic JV between DL-AF/KL-VS. The Connect Airways bit came much later. While the VS codeshare stands, there would not have been time to extend it to DL and AF/KL, beyond the existing agreements between AF/KL and BE.