Oneworld News

oneworld celebrates start of third decade with major overhaul
As oneworld marks its 20th anniversary, the global airline alliance has unveiled a series of major benefits for customers and airlines alike. At the heart of the milestone is a digital revolution.

Royal Air Maroc set to join oneworld alliance in 2020
Royal Air Maroc has signed up to become the next member of oneworld. Also today, Fiji Airways starts flying as a oneworld connect partner.

Joyce appointed oneworld chairman as Vauramo departs
The governing board of the oneworld global airline alliance has nominated Qantas Group chief executive Alan Joyce to serve as its chairman for the next two years.

Finnair chief Vauramo appointed oneworld chairman
Pekka Vauramo, chief executive of Finnair, has been nominated by the governing board of the oneworld to serve as chairman for the next two years.

Japan Airlines expands codeshare deal with S7 of Russia
Japan Airlines and Russia’s S7 Airlines have agreed to further expand their codeshare cooperation by adding four new Russia-domestic destinations to JAL’s network.

oneworld celebrates achievements on 18th anniversary
oneworld has turned 18, after launching services and benefits in February 1999. To mark this milestone, oneworld chief executive Rob Gurney reviewed oneworld’s progress and priorities in a speech at the Aviation Club of the UK in London, where the alliance’s inception was originally announced.

oneworld seeks to simplify selling alliance fares
Buying and selling of alliance multi-airline, multi-sector fares offered by oneworld has been made significantly simpler with the launch of automated pricing for its round-the-world and multi-continent tickets. Now, travel agents the world over connected to the Sabre Global Distribution System and its Abacus and INFINI associated systems can book and automatically calculate the fare for these tickets.

oneworld overhauls events offering
oneworld has unveiled key enhancements to oneworld events, its one-stop, easy-to-use travel service for the conferences, conventions, meetings, exhibitions and special events markets. Key improvements include lowering by half the minimum requirement for the number of delegates flying internationally to an event, to 50.

Iberia joins oneworld partners in Japanese joint business
Today Iberia will join Japan Airlines, British Airways and Finnair in their joint business between Europe and Japan. The joint business means that the four airlines will share revenue and cooperate on scheduling and pricing between Japan and Europe, providing customers with more flexible routing options and an attractive range of fares.

LATAM signs codeshare with Cathay Pacific
LATAM Airlines Brasil and Cathay Pacific Airways have entered into a codeshare agreement, offering passengers increased connectivity between South America and Asia. Both airlines are members of oneworld and this agreement further enhances the alliance.

oneworld appoints Gurney to chief executive role
oneworld has today named industry veteran Rob Gurney as its new chief executive. He succeeds Bruce Ashby, who announced in January that he would be stepping down from the role this summer after more than five years in the position. Gurney will join oneworld in October after leaving Gulf carrier Emirates, where he served as senior vice president commercial operations, Americas.

Iberia gains Japanese anti-trust immunity alongside oneworld partners
Japan’s ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism has granted an extension of the anti-trust immunity to include Iberia in the joint business between Japan Airlines, British Airways and Finnair. The decision will allow the four airlines to cooperate commercially on flights between Europe and Japan. Iberia is expected to join the existing joint business between the other three airlines as from October 18th, 2016.