Originally Posted by Viajero
My contacts are not privy to OW plans afecting LAN, but I have to say that IMO it is very unlikely that LAN Argentina will join the alliance, basically because LAN's stake is less than 50%, due to foreign ownership laws currently applicable in Argentina. It seems to me fair to assume that if LAN Ecuador (also 49% owned by LAN) did not make it into OW then neither will LAN Argentina.
But this is also the same ownership structure as LanPeru, i.e. 49% owned by LAN, and 51% by Peruvians - and yet LanPeru made it into OneWorld. IMO, Argentina is too important a market for Lan's newest subsidiary to be left out of OneWorld... that, and I'd like to be able to earn QF FF points on them...