Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
I suspect it is down to cost. OW integration costs a fair chunk of money, especially around IT (as proven by EI's departure when JL joined). So it would have been a pragmatic commercial decision to avoid the known integration costs v the benefits of attracting OW business. Bare in mind OpenSkies is about point to point traffic, not being a network carrier.
I'd suppose that OpenSkies shares the system with BA, so IT shouldn't be that big an issue. However, I don't see any reason why OpenSkies is not a part of oneworld, either.