Meaning of metal neutral | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to a cooperative arrangement between airlines in which partners jointly plan and manage capacity, pricing, and inter-airline financial settlement, so that all participating airlines share equally in the profits.

not-comparable

Examples

“The antitrust application will link⟳ Air Tahiti Nui to the existing antitrust immunised alliance between Air France, KLM, Delta and Alitalia to form⟳ the centrepiece of the proposed metal neutral alliance and revenue sharing on the Los Angeles-Paris route and for codesharing beyond Paris CDG.”

“The Commission's investigation confirmed that on all other transatlantic routes affected by the merger the combined entity will continue⟳ to face⟳ competition from other strong competitors, notably from other metal neutral joint ventures such as the North Atlantic Joint Venture, a partnership including Delta, Air France/KLM, and Alitalia, and the A++ JV, a transatlantic partnership including Lufthansa, Air Canada and United Airlines.”

“This is somewhat ironic, given that the DOT now prefers metal neutral joint ventures as a mechanism to lower fares.”

CEFR level