I saw the same link posted on another site . Interesting , to say the least , after all IT was just added at the beginning of this month to the Global Explorer fare which is often ( though not always ) a precursor to OW membership.

I always thought that they were closer to *A ( in spite of the fact that AI are supposed to be joining *A )

currently they are not particularly close to OW

When you look at 9Ws current partners for their FF programme

http://www.jetairways.com/EN/IN/JetP.../Partners.aspx

you can see that their current partnerships are as follows .

It also seems quite odd that they recently started a partnership with VS if they were looking at joining OW

Oneworld

AA CX KA QF - 4 partners

Skyteam

AF KL NW - 3 partners

Star

NH OS SN LH SA LX UA - 7 partners

non aligned

EK EY GF MH VS 4 partners


on a side note , it is interesting that 9W FF programme has 7 *A partners while AI only list one *A partner for their FF programme.

I guess time will tell whether the report has any basis in fact .