And, much like investments, historic performance is no indicator of future results...
It's probably better for SK to hold back this year, when the risk of failure is higher, and have them come back in later years - rather than get badly burnt and never want to come back again.
There's going to be an awful lot planes sat on the ground this year.
We'll still be looking good for *A airlines. LH are sticking around for the summer, and CO will switch over in November, which means the Christmas New York flight will be miles and status earning. And who knows, even SN might grace the *A during 2009.
Added - this might have something to do with SK not being around this summer