But these alliances will become real mergers only if the liberalisation of international aviation goes much further.
But such alliances are part of the plan for Nest, whose game plan is to apply digital and Internet values to everyday tools that haven't changed for decades.
If high speed rail can effectively feed into long haul air networks and take over short haul routes, it won't just connect the dots in Europe but build alliances with airlines as well.
America's Department of Transportation (DoT), which has some antitrust powers, has not only given its blessing to the rise of alliances, but actually requires airlines to collude fully within each of their groupings, and to share costs and agree on prices.
Until recently Turkey was boasting not of its EU aspirations but of its shiny new alliances in the Middle East, where its secular free-market democracy is a model for some.
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Most carriers of any size have joined one of the three big airline alliances oneworld, SkyTeam and Star but Virgin has stayed apart, and now the alliances may no longer feel inclined to woo it.
But both rely on weak distribution alliances and suffer from network incompatibilities, such as switches that don't match and different billing systems.
In a series of tense ensemble scenes, Holofcener explores not only the gossip and shifting alliances in these relationships but the three marriages as well.
But a series of increasingly convoluted alliances bore little fruit.
Not just employees, but suppliers, vendors, partners, alliances, and even (and especially) your customers.
There is no intrinsic reason why international telecoms alliances should not work, but they rarely seem to.
Angel's forecast is that markets will consolidate into cross-border alliances, maintaining local presences but providing international trading capabilities.
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It has not reduced the number of parties in parliament, but it has herded them into two alliances, one of which has been in office for four years.
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The point is not to make alliances and kill off people, but rather to form communities for other activities.
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But they formed naturally, as they formed alliances with other like-minded politicians.
But Mr Luzhkov has been careful to build alliances with provincial leaders.
However, even when they cross borders, many alliances are not merely frustrated mergers, but deliberate attempts to change direction.
Alliances can wither or be destroyed, but partnerships of purpose are indestructible.
The Five Star Movement, riding a wave of popular protest and discontent, is expected do well in the polls, but its leader Beppe Grillo has ruled out making alliances with other parties.
But the logic in the long run of making such alliances is that Europe's firms will otherwise lose the ability to make some big-ticket weapons, such as advanced fighters, without American help.
But the companies didn't get along, and both alliances withered.
He praised Mr Miliband's call to forge alliances in the EU to bring about reforms, but when asked to comment on Labour's demand for a cut in the EU budget, and support from some senior figures for a referendum on EU membership, he gave what he described as a "diplomatic" answer.
But obviously the cornerstone of our work in Asia begins with our alliances, and the long-standing friendship between our two countries makes this a very appropriate place for me to stop in my first trip after my reelection.
But in Brazil, mayoral votes turn on local issues, personalities and alliances.
The UK proudly says it has the toughest negotiating stance of any EU state, but if it is to avoid being isolated it will have to forge alliances - and that usually involves horse-trading.
Then they invariably overlook the strengths of also-ran firms, which field large sales forces and often buy or strike alliances with biotech and other drug outfits that lack marketing muscle but create potential breakthrough products.
Yet it is not the ruling Liberal Democrats, but the opposition New Frontier Party, that is breaking up and seeking new alliances.
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