A top official of Austrian Airlines has gone public with his disagreement to a promising alliance between the Austrian flag carrier and Lufthansa-the Germany based carrier.

Alfred Junghans, a member of the supervisory board of the carrier, said that he did not think that an alliance with the German carrier was in the best interest of Austrian Airlines, arguing that the carrier should look to work with Air France-KLM, reports Forbes. So, Lufthansa will possibly not be able to set up an alliance with Austrian Airlines.

His logic is that Lufthansa operates 3 key locations within 400 km of the Vienna International Airport, the home base of Austrian Airlines, and this would surely mean that the long-haul routes of the Austrian flag carrier would be considerably cut, in order to promote Germany's national carrier.

Some have identified the association between Germany's national airline and Swiss Air Lines as an example of what Austrian flag carrier may look forward as well.

However, Mr. Alfred has warned that although some have painted a rosy picture, this partnership was actually to the loss of the Swiss Air Lines.

Swiss Air Lines, now basically a semi-independent holding of the Lufthansa Group, has experienced a reduction in its network of destinations and decline in traffic at the Zurich Airport as well as a number of jobs were cut during the past couple of years.

On the contrary, Junghans said that the Air France-KLM arrangement was much more beneficial for the French carrier's Dutch associate.