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Unlike in basketball, Delta's "four-corners" strategy isn't a stall tactic but a growth plan.
It was five years ago Wednesday that Delta (DAL) announced a joint venture with AirFrance, bringing the hub at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport into Delta’s network.
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On a conference call with reporters following the announcement, Executive Vice President Glen Hauenstein said that KLM and Northwest “have had incredible success” building the Amsterdam hub through an alliance. “If they can make such a success of Detroit to Amsterdam, what kind of success can we have on better routes like Atlanta and New York to Paris?” he asked.
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