Oneworld

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Oneworld
Launch date1 February 1999; 25 years ago (1999-02-01)
Full members14
Non-voting members15 affiliates
Destination airports1,012
Destination countries170
Annual passengers (M)490[1]
Fleet size3,296[1]
HeadquartersNew York, New York, USA
ManagementAkbar Al Baker (Chairman)
Rob Gurney (CEO)
Alliance sloganTravel Bright[2]
Websiteoneworld.com


Oneworld (marketed as oneworld) is an airline alliance. It was founded in 1999. As of October 2017, Oneworld is the third-largest global alliance. It carried more than 527.9 million passengers, behind SkyTeam (630 million)[3] and Star Alliance (762 million).[4] Its headquarters are in New York City, United States. Its slogan is, "An alliance of the world's leading airlines working as one."

Members[change | change source]

American Airlines, Canadian Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas were the five founding members of Oneworld.
Member airline[5][6] Joined
United States American Airlines[A] 1 February 1999
United States| Alaska Airlines 31 March 2021
United Kingdom British Airways[A] 1 February 1999
Hong Kong Cathay Pacific[A] 1 February 1999
Finland Finnair 1 September 1999
Spain Iberia 1 September 1999
Japan Japan Airlines 1 April 2007
Chile LAN Airlines 1 June 2000
Malaysia Malaysia Airlines 1 February 2013
Mexico Mexicana de Aviacion[B] 10 November 2009
Australia Qantas[A] 1 February 1999
Qatar Qatar Airways 30 October 2013
Jordan Royal Jordanian 1 April 2007
Russia S7 Airlines 15 November 2010
Sri Lanka SriLankan Airlines 1 May 2014

A Founding member
B Inactive member since August 2010. [7]

Past members[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "oneworld at a glance" Archived 6 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine Oneworld. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020
  2. "Travel Bright – oneworld adopts bright new brand positioning as the alliance turns 20". Hong Kong Airlines. 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  3. "SkyTeam Alliance | About Us | SkyTeam". www.skyteam.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  4. "Star Alliance Facts and Figures". portal.staralliance.com.
  5. "Oneworld member airlines". Oneworld. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  6. "What You Need to Know About the Oneworld Alliance Airline Program". TripSavvy.
  7. "Mexicana - oneworld". Archived from the original on 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  8. "Aer Lingus to quit Oneworld alliance". Independent.ie.
  9. "Canadian Airlines leaves Oneworld alliance - CBC News". CBC. CBC News. Mar 14, 2000 [last update: November 11, 2000].
  10. Robinson, Peter; Luck, Michael; Smith, Stephen L.J.; Lackey, Michael (2013). Tourism. CABI. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-78064-297-0.
  11. "American Airlines sets Oct. 17 as date for the end of US Airways brand". 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

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