"we were really concerned because we don't have strong global alliances that the other countries or cities have, so I think that might be one of the reasons we got cut,".

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Thanks to some deregulation and the growth of global alliances among airlines, it is now more international.

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Besides Heins, presenters include Alec Saunders, vice president of developer relations, and Martyn Mallick, vice president of global alliances.

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Such relationships take time to build, Wagoner says of GM's global alliances.

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