Sky Team welcomes Aerolíneas Argentinas

[Gabriel]

Since yesterday:
http://www.skyteam.com/en/About-us/P...Joins-SkyTeam/

What could this mean, in practical terms, for Sky Team, its member airlines, Aerolínas Argentinas and Argentina itself?

[IberiaMD-87]

Hopefully AR will be able to fix their financial problems and to improve their efficiency. Generally I am pleased to see that this alliance has an additional partner and a partner in South America. Nice!

Regards!

[Peter Kesternich]

For SkyTeam and its members, it means that they now have a foot in the door to the South American market, which so far was OneWorld-dominated through LAN and its affiliates and had a strong StarAlliance presence in TAM. I assume, SkyTeam will now double their effort to bring GOL into the fold and then they are well-represented in South America, which had been the last big white blot on their global map until Aerolíneas Argentinas joined.