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An airline alliance is an aviation industry arrangement between two or more airlines agreeing to cooperate on a substantial level. Alliances may provide marketing branding to facilitate travelers making inter-airline codeshare connections within countries.
Oneworld (CRS: *O) is a global airline alliance consisting of 15 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. Its headquarters have been located in Fort Worth, Texas, since December 2022.
[9] [10] American Airlines is a founding member of the Oneworld alliance. American Airlines and American Eagle operate out of ten hubs, with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) being the largest. The airline handles more than 200 million passengers annually, with an average of more than 500,000 passengers daily.
AAdvantage is the frequent-flyer program of American Airlines.Launched May 1, 1981, it was the second such loyalty program in the world (after the first at Texas International Airlines in 1979) and remains the largest, with more than 115 million members as of April, 2021.
In September 1998, British Airways, along with American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, and Canadian Airlines, formed the Oneworld airline alliance. Oneworld began operations on 1 February 1999, and is the third-largest airline alliance in the world, behind SkyTeam and Star Alliance. [18] A British Airways Lockheed TriStar in Landor livery
Under the deal, Hawaiian Airlines would become a member of the Oneworld alliance and the two airlines would operate a combined frequent-flier program. [18] The airlines have confirmed that miles held in Hawaiian's HawaiianMiles frequent flyer program would be converted to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan scheme at a 1:1 ratio. [19]
Business Weekly, a local Taiwanese business magazine, indicate 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]
The airline was a member of the Star Alliance, before becoming an affiliate member of Oneworld in March 2014. US Airways had 343 mainline jets, as well as 278 regional jet and turboprops flown by contract and subsidiary airlines under the name US Airways Express via code sharing agreements.