It' not fresh news but the confirmation of what was already announced. B Midland being already on board Mexican should follow soon..
>>MONTREAL, June 27 /CNW/ - Chief Executive Officers of Star Alliance
airlines, meeting in Vienna, Austria, yesterday welcomed British Midland and
Mexicana Airlines to their global airline partnership. Both airlines will
officially join the alliance on July 1, bringing the total membership to 13.
British Midland serves 32 destinations throughout Europe from its main
hub at London Heathrow and is the UK's second largest scheduled carrier. Last
year the airline, which employs more than 6,000 people, carried 6 million
passengers with a fleet of 60 aircraft. When British Midland joins Star
Alliance on July 1, London Heathrow will be transformed into the only airport
in Europe to be the hub of two competing alliances.
The oldest airline of Mexico, Mexicana Airlines maintains a route network
covering 50 destinations in nine countries. Some 7 million passengers flew on
Mexicana in 1999. The airline operates a fleet of 54 aircraft and has 6,300
employees.
The Star Alliance CEOs also indicated that ``the airline network for
Earth'' is close to reaching its completion in terms of number of members.
``We have largely fulfilled our promise of providing unsurpassed global access
- with a few exceptions. We are confident of finding partners that will allow
us to expand our network to areas of the globe where we do not have a presence
today,'' they said.>>
