Alliance plans Atlantic assault

Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines are hoping to exploit the EU/US 'open skies' agreement to introduce co-ordinated services at London Heathrow and threaten BA and Virgin Atlantic. On the 17 October 2007 Air France and Delta Air Lines signed a joint venture agreement to share revenues and costs on their trans-Atlantic routes.

BBC News, 17.10.07: Airlines agree transatlantic deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7048436.stm

Air France: Press release, 17.10.07: Air France, Delta Air Lines, sign Trans-Atlantic Joint Venture Agreement http://www.airfrance.com/double6/Y1/infogles.nsf/(LookupPublishedWeb)/en-NLPRL-071017dl2?OpenDocument

Delta: Press Release, 17.10.07: Delta Customers Gain Nonstop Access to London-Heathrow, Paris-Orly and Lyon, France through Expanded Trans-Atlantic Partnership http://news.delta.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=10886

---