Wednesday, December 16, 2009

American proposes JAL as exclusive Asian partner

American Airlines has proposed making JAL its exclusive Asian partner to keep it from Delta's clutches.

American Chief Executive Gerard Arpey said Wednesday he has told Japan Airlines that American will not compete for connecting passengers to other points in Asia if the Japanese carrier remains American's partner in the oneworld alliance.

Delta and its SkyTeam partners have offered $1 billion to lure JAL from American. American has countered with a $1.1 billion offer to struggling JAL to remain its partner.

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