Well, it looks like OneWorld and the STAR alliance seem to picking up more and more momentum. It seems like almost every week, there is annoucements of these alliances growing and/or getting closer together.

If the WINGS alliance is going to get off the ground, they better do it very fast. All the world's major airlines are linking up and leaving the WINGS alliance very few choices or alliance partners.

STAR now has: Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia, Lufthansa, SAS, THAI, United, VARIG, (and soon All Nippon, South African, and Singapore Airlines and more to come)

OneWorld now has: British Airways, American Airlines, Aer Lingus, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Canadian Airlines, Qantas, Iberia (more to come)

So potential WINGS members, Continental, Northwest, Alitalia, and KLM - better get moving before it is to late!