Sankova and her crew started putting together a prospectus, forming alliances, setting up meetings with potential sponsors.
The combination would bring KLM into the SkyTeam alliance set up in June 2000, led by Air France and Delta; it includes Aeroméxico, Alitalia, CSA Czech Airlines and Korean Air.
UBS said it would continue with an alliance set up in April with Standard Chartered Bank for fund distribution in Asia.
The Wheelchair Leadership Alliance, set up earlier this year, will present a 10-point document in parliament to politicians, providers and manufacturers, urging them to commit to the development of an effective NHS wheelchair service.
The result, after a series of fairly acrimonious meetings in Geneva and Paris last year, is three separate initiatives: the Accord, which involves more than 150 largely European brands; the Alliance, set up by US brands; and a joint effort by the UN and the Bangladeshi government.
The National Immigrant Youth Alliance set up a hotline to take calls from detainees and catalog their reported predicaments.
In April, 60 members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance set up camp on the National Mall in Washington DC.
Kenya is working with TheCityUK, which helps London's financial district forge alliances, to set up an "International Financial Centre" (offshore centres' preferred label for their activities) in Nairobi.
Some industrial alliances also set up relevant working groups or revise existing specifications to adapt to the rapid development of building automation and home automation systems.
Second, the alliances function as a controlling organ, adjusting or moderating a categorical or one-sided stance expressed by a co-participant and, third, alliances are set up in decision-making situations.
