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KLM, Air France working to finalize alliance agreement.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 22-SEP-03
Format: Online - approximately 691 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
It ain't over 'til it's over," said Leo van Wijk, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines CEO, in an interview this month with Business Travel News, but there is a time when you have to say 'I will make up my mind.' Otherwise, you lose the ability to negotiate. This is the time to make the decision."

That decision for KLM likely will be to align with Air France and the SkyTeam partnership, rather than British Airways and the Oneworld alliance. Either way, it will represent a watershed event for alliance development in Europe--with reverberations in the United States--and a first step toward industry...

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