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Oneworld (CRS: *O) is a global airline alliance consisting of 13 member airlines. It was founded on 1 February 1999. The alliance's stated objective is to be the first choice airline alliance for the world's frequent international travellers.
Alaska Airlines was also a former mileage partner with other SkyTeam members, including Aeromexico, from 2013 until 2017, and Air France and KLM, from 2007 until 2018. [39] [40] Emirates ceased to be a partner in 2021, shortly after Alaska joined the Oneworld alliance. The two airlines had a mileage agreement starting in 2012.
Japan Airlines, J-Air, JAL Express, and Japan Transocean Air are members of the Oneworld airline alliance network. JAL was established in 1951 as a government-owned business and became the national airline of Japan in 1953. [ 6 ]
Business Weekly, a local Taiwanese business magazine, indicated that Cathay Pacific, one of the founding members of Oneworld whose destinations overlaps with Starlux Airlines, is the main possible obstacle of its application. [35] On 16 September 2024, Starlux announced that it plans to apply to join the Oneworld alliance by the end of 2025. [36]
Benefits can consist of an extended network, often realised through codeshare agreements.Many alliances started as only codeshare networks. Cost reductions come from sharing operation facilities (e.g. catering or computer systems), operation staff (e.g. ground handling personnel, at check-in and boarding desks), investments and purchases (e.g. in order to negotiate extra volume discounts). [6]
Qatar Airways, since joining the Oneworld alliance in 2013, has been involved in numerous high profile public disputes with fellow members of the alliance. Qatar Airways was engaged in a dispute with American Airlines from 2017 to 2020, [ 271 ] and a dispute with Qantas started in 2018 and continues to this date. [ 272 ]
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Avios is the frequent flyer currency of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, LEVEL, Qatar Airways and Vueling, and can also be used for travel within the oneworld alliance including the likes of American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Qantas, etc. [91] A restructure in 2015 meant that all of IAG's affiliated loyalty programmes which use ...