An Unholy Alliance?

It is far from certain that the British Airways - led Oneworld global airline marketing alliance is about to collapse, but the men from Waterside are preparing members such as Qantas for the worst.

Waterside, British Airways's headquarters near London's Heathrow airport, has been leaking to selected London media that the unthinkable might happen. A similar process of managing forthcoming bad news has been under way in Dallas, headquarters of American Airlines, and Oneworld's second most important member.

British Airways, which owns 25 per cent of Qantas, is prepared to ditch Oneworld because the market growth it sought with American Airlines has failed to eventuate.

http://www.afr.com.au/features/20001...2000Oct29.html


Also interesting comments about Star Allliance changes from Australia. With Ansett 747's leased from Singapore Airlines about to compete head to head with * partner UA on the lucrative Trans- Pacific run.

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~ Glen ~