Oh, this is just like the EU. (If you believe that, I have a bridge for you.) john Fan of John Adams On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 02:02 PM, Gerard M Foley wrote: > From: "Michael A. Burris" <yul@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:09 PM > > > It has been stated that what is agreed is a holding company to own the > two > airlines. The airlines will give the appearance of independence. Air > France > will try to look French, and KLM will try to look Dutch and royal. On > the > other hand, everyone expects that they will not compete, but cooperate > in > service. > [snip] > Gerry > http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html > http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley > http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html > John Kurtzke, C.S.C. Dept of Math Univ of Portland Portland OR 97203 503-943-7377