In a message dated 9/30/2003 12:10:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time, yul@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: << What about the color of the aircraft? And since AF isn't always known to be punctual, what about KLM's reputation? And ticketing. What happens there? >> Well, I do know that the 777 looks great in KLM colors. I wonder if this bit of commonality will accelerate the departure of the A340s from AF's fleet, as they seem to prefer the 777s. If that is true, they will have a great deal of long haul commonality with the 777s and 747s in the fleet.