Originally Posted by
Himeno
MH hasn't been in the process of joining oneworld for 12 years. This thread is 12 years old. There were a few posts in 2000, it was bumped for a few more posts of speculation 9 months later in 2001, and then nothing until mid 2011 when it was announced at the 2011 IATA AGM that MH would join oneworld.
MH has been in the process of joining the alliance for a little over 12 months, which is a normal amount of time for almost any airline to join any alliance.
Originally Posted by
CXBA
they were loooong time associated to KLM, hence "bound" to be induced in ST. Rumors had it that AF did not want them (for which reasons frankly don't know and would not comment on the singular pigheadedness to keep at bay a decent to good airline while at the same time inducing industry stalwarts such as GA, CI and MU), and they dragged their feet until QF came to the fore with an enticing offer on OWs behalf, that they accepted in virtually no time.
Thanks lads for clarifying this.
MH is one of the last major airlines to join an alliance, they could have reaped alliance benefits over a decade ago.
I have heard the Air France thing by another person who said they wanted to continue Codesharing with Qantas rather than being obligated to codesharing with MH. I thought that person was crazy as AF could coeshare with who they please while still having a powerful new member like MH. After you have said the same thing it makes me baffled at Sky...
Do you reckon they chose small (many of whom are naff) airlines to join Sky as they will not take control and power away from AF-KLM and will be over-reliant on codesharing with the main members as they have small International networks?