Seattle's home town airline is getting closer to Delta. This may signify the end of their "friends with everyone" strategy that has held them so well. On the other hand maybe not.
On Monday they announce a big partnership. as far as I can tell from inside sources this is an upgrade to the existing independent alliances that Delta has had for the last 3 years and the much older Northwest relationship. It involves codeshares and frequent flyer tieups.
Where this leaves OneWorld remains to be seen. At present Alaska has FF tie ups with the following airlines:
*Air France
*American Airlines
British Airways
Cathay Pacific
Continental Airlines
*Delta Air Lines
Era Aviation
*Horizon Air
*KLM
Korean Air
*LAN
*Northwest Airlines
PenAir
Qantas
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Cheers
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