Some minor good news for the three operators – American Airways, British Airways and Ibera have recivied clearance from US anti-trust authorities regarding their proposed Transatlantic (TATL) Joint venture,
This will allow carriers in the Oneworld Alliance to coordinate scheduling, pricing, and other services (as is done by the other two alliances – Star Alliance on the same agreement, SkyTeam with the old KLM/Northwest Agreement).
Finnair and Royal Jordanian Airlines are also covered in this agreement.
As part of the offer, the 4 pairs of slots will be released (for lease) at Heathrow to competitors if they wish to launch services to certain cities
Meanwhile in Heathrow T3, a certain bearded airline is fuming, and now let in the feeling the pinch of all three major alliances pooling their resources together. Whilst there may be argument over fares being anti-competitive, there are still three major groupings. All they have to do is fight.
And make Virgin suffer.
