Kingfisher Airlines has had a rough enough couple of days to warrant yet another post on the topic. Yesterday, it was suspended from the IATA clearinghouse. Today, it was announced that oneworld alliance is deferring its application until it can get its financial side in order. These are massive blows to Kingfisher from which it won’t recover easily from.

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The deferral of oneworld membership and the suspension from the IATA Clearing House are related, according to sources at IATA and oneworld. It appears that oneworld carriers do not want to deal with Kingfisher Airlines directly, worrying about financial risk. Therefore, they decided to delay Kingfisher’s entry into the alliance until their finances are back in order. It is unclear whether they mean that Kingfisher should rejoin the IATA Clearing House, or whether they should completely return to profitability. If the demand is the latter, chances are Kingfisher won’t be joining oneworld any time soon. If it is the former, Kingfisher’s delay might be relatively short. Sources indicate that Kingfisher will probably join between Air Berlin and Malaysia Airlines if it is accepted once again.

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