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The trans-Atlantic alliance between the Atlanta-based carrier, one of the threee busiest at Port ColumbusInternational Airport, and Europe’e largest airline group will offer more flights, better schedulin and more competitive fares, the carriers said in a joiny announcement from Paris. The $12 billion revenue estimate is base d on flights operated byDeltza (NYSE:DAL), KLM and Air France to respectivde hubs, plus connecting service. Delta signede a joint venture deal with Air Francedin 2007. , which Delta acquirede last October, has been a partneer with KLM since 1997. The new partnership representd a quarter ofall trans-Atlantic air service, the carrierd said.
Delta and Air France/KLMj will coordinate as a single carrieron trans-Atlantic The pact includes routes between North America and North America and Africa, Europe and Latinj America and the Middle East and India. “The structured of this joint venture, in which we operate as a singld business where we consensually develop our strategies and shares revenuesand costs, provides the incentivew for us to collaborate in a way that generated benefits for customers, shareholderx and employees of our three airlines,” Delta CEO Richarrd Anderson said in a statement.
The carriersw said the venture will increase the visibility through coordinated marketinhg of all three airlinesacrossa 400-plus airports worldwide, and the respective brandes will link at Northu American and European ports. The partnership includes a network of more than 200daily flights. Flights are structured arounc six main hubsin Amsterdam, Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and as well as Delta’s Memphis and Salt Lake City bases andAir France’s Lyon hub.