French employees....Open Skies strategy...
Hmm....the issue of strategy and French AOC is an interesting one ...
Why would BA want to push Open Skies in the UK ? They would cannibalise their customer base, disrupt their own revenue management and generally cock things up for themselves.
Surely BA are chasing AF/KL premium passengers ? Not existing BA passengers and probably not EOS, MaxJet and SilverJet passengers...
...they could (maybe) force AF to lower some prices to compete and therefore be less inclined to try and do battle from LHR for these passengers...
Locating in France may make some sense therefore ....
BTW AF operates a profitable airline with crew in France...why couldn't Open Skies ? ...
Maybe Mr Knucklehead and his people aren't so daft after all....
Just imagine what LH / BD and VS combination could do to their thinking and position particularly at LHR.
Maybe starting up in France could be a peace offer to AF in a new World, rather than a way of getting the AA / BA deal done...especially in this weird economic climate.
Just another perspective ....
Last edited by riaclarke; 30th October 2008 at 14:07.
Reason: spelling and additional point.