Air France-KLM looks at Indian carriers for SkyTeam

New Delhi: Days after Lufthansa-led Star Alliance rejected Air India's membership of the alliance, the Air France-KLM headed SkyTeam is scouting for alliance partners in India. While aviation ministry sources said they were in talks with SkyTeam for taking AI on board after the Star fiasco, the Air France-KLM combine said it is open for partnership with both full service and low-cost Indian carriers.
"We are in talks with many Indian carriers, including LCCs, for both code-share and entry into SkyTeam. We have a code-share with Brazilian Gol that has a very similar business model like Indi-Go . So LCCs are not going to be out of the ambit of talks in India," Air France commercial director Fahmi Mahjoub said. The aviation ministry, on its part, has made it clear that AI will have to be adjusted into any airline alliance that is looking for members in India.
While Star Alliance is the world's largest alliance, Sky-Team and British Airwaysled One World are next in hierarchy , considering numbers of flights. One World has already announced Kingfisher as a future member.
13/09/11 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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