Feb 23, 2016, 9:28 am
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FAQ
When is [insert airline here] joining oneworld???
Which airlines are lined up to join?
See list below and https://www.oneworld.com/member-airlines/overview
Another useful page for official announcements is: https://www.oneworld.com/news-information/oneworldnews
Current members elect (officially announced and currently aligning processes):
WY - Oman Air
Announced 20JUN22, with a target of '2024' - no indication yet when in 2024 this may be. https://www.oneworld.com/news/2022-0...-join-oneworld
Expected members:
FJ - Fiji Airways
Currently the only oneworld Connect member, FJ stated 28FEB24 that they would like to seek full membership and would apply in Q3 2024.Full membership may still take until 2025/2026. #1489 and https://onemileatatime.com/news/fiji-airways-oneworld/
EI - Aer Lingus
EI's new owners, IAG (owners of existing members BA+IB), stated before acquisition that they fully intended EI to rejoin, and have restated the intention since completing the purchase. EI has not yet been publically 'invited' by oneworld but should join eventually. When? When it's announced... When will EI become a full member of Oneworld?
Originally Posted by Willie Walsh via USA Today - 18NOV16
Walsh said it was too early to set a precise date for when Aer Lingus might officially join.
“We don’t have a specific timeline. We’re working as quickly as we can," he said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...-ceo/94064688/
“We don’t have a specific timeline. We’re working as quickly as we can," he said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...-ceo/94064688/
Potential members:
Well, that's what the discussion below is all about! Heard a rumour? Think oneworld should chase a particular airline to join or switch? Make your case!
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Who will be the next oneworld member? + New membership announcements [merged]
Jan 22, 2015, 11:55 pm
#826
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Well, we still have the few BA-livered Comair flights in South Africa, who are oneworld affiliate flights, but, yes, I know what you mean and how you feel.
Jan 23, 2015, 7:07 am
#828
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Jan 23, 2015, 4:51 pm
#829
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Jan 23, 2015, 5:19 pm
#830
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Until more compelling evidence emerges, I am going to take RAM at their word.
Jan 23, 2015, 9:37 pm
#831
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That's from Royal Air Maroc's official Twitter feed. I think that it's more credible than a single Internet article without any named sources. The RAM statement is unequivocal that they have not decided to join Star Alliance, and that they have never even negotiated with them.
Until more compelling evidence emerges, I am going to take RAM at their word.
Until more compelling evidence emerges, I am going to take RAM at their word.
Shortly before QR announced they were joining oneworld, there were rumours that they were and QR kept denying they were talking to anyone about it or were even interested. Then a press conference happened where right before it started, QR denied it, then 10 minutes later in the conference said they were.
Jan 24, 2015, 5:05 pm
#833
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Jan 24, 2015, 7:06 pm
#834
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Jan 25, 2015, 3:35 am
#835
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IIRC, Aer Lingus was in oneworld from the start, weren't they?
Jan 25, 2015, 11:31 am
#836
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Jan 25, 2015, 2:19 pm
#837
Join Date: Nov 2014
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I am as well, however that's not what I was suggesting.
Shortly before QR announced they were joining oneworld, there were rumours that they were and QR kept denying they were talking to anyone about it or were even interested. Then a press conference happened where right before it started, QR denied it, then 10 minutes later in the conference said they were.
Shortly before QR announced they were joining oneworld, there were rumours that they were and QR kept denying they were talking to anyone about it or were even interested. Then a press conference happened where right before it started, QR denied it, then 10 minutes later in the conference said they were.
Is it likely? As an outsider looking in, I don't have the knowledge to really know. That said, I doubt that there's much chance that RAM will join *A. It just doesn't seem to be what is best for a RAM.
As far as comparing the RAM situation to that of QR, they just seem very different to me.
Jan 25, 2015, 3:12 pm
#838
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BBC today (link to "Aer Lingus 'to accept' new IAG bid" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-3096734)
Irish airline Aer Lingus is set to approve a new takeover bid by British Airways owner IAG, the BBC understands.
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Jan 26, 2015, 10:03 am
#839
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I'm all for expansion of OW but I'm not sure about some recent (and not-so-recent) adds. I'm not a huge fan of the LCC adds (AB and potentially now EI); basically that adds destinations but dilutes the value of the product. I suppose AB was unavoidable in terms of access to central Europe, but it's still not in the same class as AA/BA and forget about the level of QF/JL/CX, let alone QR.
What does AT bring to OW? I'd be surprised if IB and BA don't together provide most of the coverage that AT does, barring intra-Morocco flights.
Now AT doesn't necessarily bring a large pool of elites to the table either (so we won't see quite the carping seen on the *A channels when AI finally made it in)...but I guess I don't see the value proposition if they do actually join OW. Actually with QR in the fold now, even RJ feels to me largely redundant in the alliance.
Meh, maybe I'm being too much of a cynic, but this certainly doesn't provoke the sort of excitement for me that QR, MH or even UL did.
Jan 27, 2015, 1:50 pm
#840
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TAP Portugal
An article in today's New York Times cites an analyst who raises the possibility that IAG may bid for Finnair and TP.
I imagine that if this happens, TP will leave *A for OW.
Mr. Wober, an analyst, said future acquisition targets for the group could include Finnair, with which I.A.G. already has a trans-Atlantic joint venture that also includes American Airlines. Another, he said, might be TAP Portugal, for which the Portuguese government recently solicited bids for its two-thirds stake.