metal neutral

See also: metal-neutral

English

Alternative forms

• metal-neutral

Adjective

metal neutral (not comparable)

1. 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.
   • 2013 May 31, “Air Tahiti Nui plans metal neutral alliance with Air France and partners as losses continue to mount”, in Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA):

     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.

   • 2013 August 6, “Mergers: Commission approves proposed merger between US .Airways and American Airlines' holding company AMR Corporation, subject to conditions”, in EU News:

     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.

   • 2014, Brian F. Havel, Gabriel S. Sanchez, The Principles and Practice of International Aviation Law, →ISBN, page 161:

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