SkyTeam offer for Air India
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SkyTeam, the international airline alliance, has approached Air India with a membership offer following Star Alliance’s decision to keep the national carrier out of the global grouping. According to officials in the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), the SkyTeam delegation led by Managing Director, Michael Wisbrun met Civil Aviation Secretary Nasim Zaidi to express interest in making the national carrier a part of its alliance.
In the aftermath of the Star Alliance fiasco, Air India has been approached by both SkyTeam as well as oneworld with membership proposals and offers to help the airline improve its international operations.
“SkyTeam is one of the alliances that have approached us. Thanks to our preparations to join Star Alliance, we revamped our working on a par with the standards of any international body. We do not have any problems in joining SkyTeam and will consider its proposal seriously. But at the same time we are open to talks with Star Alliance if they want to restart a dialogue,” a senior ministry official told The Telegraph India.
The alliance consists of 14 carriers, including Air France, KLM and Delta Air Lines, and flies to 916 airports in 169 countries. It operates more than 14,000 daily flights with a combined fleet of 3,400 aircraft.
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