Relationship with JAL: Delta or American?

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I might be supporting more on Delta rather than American, because Delta already has a hub in Tokyo-Narita, which was actually taken by the merger of Northwest Airlines last year, and Northwest Airlines was one of the guys who started JAL. On the other hand, American Airlines might have an extensive agreement with JAL on transpacific operations, but American Airlines do not have intra-Asia services, unlike Delta (under Northwest right now) do.

In addition, JAL still have codeshares with Delta partners Korean Air and Air France, and if Delta Air Lines gets the help with Air France, the DL-AF-KLM team might just snatch that deal from American, though the American Airlines offer might be bigger than the DL-AF-KLM partnership combined.

However, it's three airlines from two airline groups vs. just one airline - maybe looking beyond United States (such as Europe) might be a good factor - JAL did also talk with Air France about expanding European airline industry business. DL-AF-KLM are part of SkyTeam, while JAL-AA are part of Oneworld; I don't know if JAL would move with SkyTeam and the DL-AF-KLM partnership. We'll just have to see about that, as we still have to hear about the restructuring plans JAL is thinking about later this month, and it might not be until the end of the year/early next year about deciding which alliance they will move on...

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