IC to disappear as Air India joins Star
After a series of fits and starts, Air India is pressing ahead with its membership in the Star Alliance by phasing out the “IC” code inherited in its merger with Indian Airlines. Dropping “IC” and operating all flights under the “AI” code is expected to take 11 to 12 months. Air India promises the results [...]
New Mexicana service to Hong Kong
Well, codeshare service, at any rate. Oneworld partners Mexicana Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways began a codesharing agreement earlier this month. Cathay’s service between Hong Kong and three North American gateways (LAX, SFO and YVR) will now bear Mexicana’s “MX” code. Meanwhile, Mexicana will serve those same three cities carrying the “CX” code from Mexico [...]
JAL, American expect joint venture approval within months
With strong backing from the Japanese government, a trans-Pacific joint venture between American Airlines and Japan Airlines should be approved as early as October, according to American officials quoted by the Dallas Morning News. The Oneworld partners filed with Japanese regulators on Friday for antitrust waivers that would allow them to coordinate flights and fares [...]
Fly Virgin, earn Oneworld miles?
European regulators have signaled they are satisfied with plans for American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia to divest airport slots in order to win approval for their trans-Atlantic joint venture. The Oneworld carriers said they would give up slots at London Heathrow and Gatwick, allowing more competition on routes to New York, Boston, Miami and [...]
Alliances: Prelude to joint ventures, then mergers?
Willie Walsh insists he didn’t see it coming. But the British Airways CEO says he now agrees with Gerard Arpey, his counterpart at American Airlines, who told him five years ago that consolidation in the airline industry would follow along the same lines as alliances. “What we were doing in the development of these alliances [...]
Haneda slots may hinge on alliances
The dominant U.S. carrier in Asia is using its lack of a Japanese alliance partner as a bargaining chip in the high-stakes bidding for slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, reports Terry Maxon of The Dallas Morning News. Delta Air Lines, which already operates a thriving Asian hub at Narita, has told the Transportation Department it [...]
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