Flying Rat <me9@> wrote:
> oldnewsboy64@m says...
> > SAA and TAP were already open secrets, Blue 1 is a bit of a surprise though.
>
> Blue 1 is a subsiduary of SAS
>
> SAS is a Star member
>
> so really it's not much of a move but as you say, a bit of a surprise as
> nobody seemed to be looking in that direction!
They're playing word games, too. The press release says:
> Blue1, which is a unit of SAS Group, is the first regional airline to
> join Star...
However, until very recently both Lauda and Tyrolean were treated as
full Star members in their own right, even though both are (a) regional
and (b) subsidiaries of Austrian. Now I see that they have been removed
from the 'list of 15' and included only under the rubric of Austrian.
cheers,
Henry
PS: also, what happened to Mexicana?
Star Alliance Expands To 18 With 3 New Members 
