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American Airlines-US Airways merger may save weakened Oneworld alliance
TransportUS Airways’ expected move to the oneworld alliance as part of its proposed merger with American Airlines would be part of a comeback by oneworld, which has lost members and fallen behind rivals Star Alliance and SkyTeam in recent years. Global airline alliances emerged in the late 1990s as a way for carriers to profitably [...]
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Star Alliance builds its roster of Asian airlines with newest addition Shenzhen Airlines
TransportSHENZHEN, Nov. 29 — November 29th, 2012 – Shenzhen Airlines today became the latest carrier to join the Star Alliance network. At a ceremony held at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, Mark Schwab, CEO Star Alliance, welcomed the airline into the f…
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Jet Airways has a shot at joining Star Alliance alongside Air India
TransportNaresh Goyal’s Jet Airways has reason to cheer as the civil aviation ministry might give them permission to join Star Alliance simultaneously with state owned Air India . Prior to this, the government wanted the Star Alliance, comprising 27 airlines across the globe, to decide positively on Air India’s membership first. Last year, Star Alliance [...]
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Qatar Airways considered joining Star Alliance, but Lufthansa was “hostile”
TransportQatar Airways Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said he’d have contemplated joining Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Star Alliance had the German company not proved so hostile to the growth of Persian Gulf carriers.
