Well we've all known for a while that LH isn't shy of doing deals.  This one has a lot to do with financial/currency considerations, but the deal also opens up some strategic opportunities if the carriers decide to pursue them; just depends on how deep they wanna go.  In the short-term it give B6's balance sheet a boost.  I think more carriers should think like LH does.  There's more to operating an airline than just flying from one place to the another.  You can invest in other carriers, you can operate other lines of business, etc.  I know some of them do things like that, like NW, DL and some others, but I think more carriers should, in the U.S. and elsewhere.