RAT5 and T1grm
I did debate for some minutes as to which waya round to put Af/KL but then do BA and IB have joint ownership or is it a hidden BA take over.
I think the realpolitic of it is AF is more important than KL because France is bigger than the Netherlands and I dont thinl the Dutch care about status like we do in Uk, as long as they have the money and the wider Eu and financial advantages of what is a pretty powerful group they will just keep quiet.
Not an expert on these things but since the 'joining' both seem to have benefited in some ways from route rationalisation, financing and fleet development and have managed to keep two distinct and established brands .
The thing is what will happen to service and fares in Europe if we end up with an airline map that comprises
AF/KL BA/IB LH uber Alles plus Ryanair and Ezy