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Delta and El Al Airlines are now partners

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Posted by rdamon on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 8:13 AM

Didn't JetBlue and Amtrak have something going in the NorthEast pre-covid?

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Posted by Backshop on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 9:02 PM

daveklepper

  Not discussed, but I believe important (other readers  can check me on this) is that Delta is largely Saudi-owned. 

BS.  Delta is a publicly traded company and a member of the S&P500. Ownership is 26.4% Institutional, 30.5% Institutional Mutual Fund, 3.9% Mutual Fund, 0.4% Insider and 38.8% Other (individual stock owners).

Delta is a member of Skyteam, which includes Saudia, but Delta has almost no interaction with them, and doesn't even mention them as a "partner" on their website.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 8:49 PM

In the 1990s Amtrak had a deal with United Air for a round trip, one way by rail and one way by air.  I did that once, with someone dropping me off at the airport and then picking me up at the station on the way back.  I don't think they still have that deal.

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Posted by Overmod on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 4:52 PM

Completely and compellingly relevant, both in immediate potential application and in long-term planning.

I don't have time to pull up the threads on European railroad participation in 'alliances' (including for example the Star Alliance) but it's a done thing for railroads to participate in 'sharing' arrangements for traffic, ticketing, benefits, etc.

There are defined and meaningful benefits from doing this correctly.  I might mention that Delta's proposed list of cost-effective service enhancements was very carefully looked at by Amtrak personnel when it was published a couple of years ago...

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Delta and El Al Airlines are now partners
Posted by daveklepper on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 8:27 AM

Since  this regards rail passenger competition, not rails themselves, I'll accept the moderator;s judgement.

Two days ago, the Jerusalem Post had an article on Delta and El Al becoming partners, codep-sharing, freequent-flyer mileage joining, schedule and connection coordination, etc.  Not discussed, but I believe important (other readers  can check me on this) is that Delta is largely Saudi-owned.

At one time, Amtrak and USAir had a partnership to facilitate use of BW (Baltimore-Washington) Airport.  Does Amtrak have any sort of airline partnership now?

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