Southwest is known for its multi-leg and occasionally very long services, which use identical flight numbers and the exact same aircraft. This is how its equipment is flown countrywide around its vast domestic system, often helped by timezone changes. It helps with higher aircraft utilization.
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Is This Airline Poised To Join The SkyTeam Alliance?
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- November 6, 2025
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Remember last year when Air France-KLM announced that it would be acquiring a nearly 20% stake in SAS? Once things became clear that the deal would go through, it was announced that the Scandinavian carrier would be hopping from Star Alliance to SkyTeam overnight – from August 31st to September 1st 2024. Similarly, with ITA Airways – the jump from SkyTeam to Star Alliance was prompted by Lufthansa Group taking a share of the Italian carrier.And so when it comes to WestJet will it become a SkyTeam member in the future due to its new minority owners?