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Qatar Joins the Tangled Web of oneworld Partners

The worst kept secret in the airline industry was officially announced yesterday when Qatar Airways said it would join the oneworld alliance. This may not be a surprise, but it is going to create some confusion in the Middle East. There are a lot of seemingly...

Published Tue, Oct 9 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Oneworld, British Airways, American, Qatar Airways
Topic of the Week: Who is Joining oneworld on Monday?

There’s a big press conference scheduled for New York on Monday where oneworld will announce a “significant membership development.” This is such a big deal that I received an invitation to go out to New York and oneworld would even...

Published Fri, Oct 5 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Oneworld
Alliances Look to Cement Standing in Latin America with Recent Moves

It’s been a busy year south of the US border with all three alliances trying to make big land grabs in Latin America. So far, it looks like Star Alliance and oneworld are doing the best with Skyteam coming in a sad third. But these alliance loyalties...

Published Tue, Nov 16 2010 3:58 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: SkyTeam, Star Alliance, Oneworld, LAN, Alliances, Avianca, TACA
Cranky on the Web (August 2-6)

oneworld Alliance Surging, Adding Airlines — and Finally Offering Customers Some Perks – BNET Headwinds oneworld is finally surging after years of being lame and boring. Finally. Southwest Wages a Battle for Milwaukee in… Oshkosh? –...

Published Sat, Aug 7 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Oneworld, Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, BNET
American and British Airways Finally Receive Alliance Approval From the US (Tentatively)

About 10 minutes after the Wright Brothers put their first airplane into the air, American and British Airways applied for blanket codesharing and antitrust immunity. More than 100 years later, their wish has finally been granted, at least by the US authorities...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 4:12 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Oneworld, British Airways, American
Cranky on the Web (February 8 – 12)

Social Media May be Hot, But It’s Not for Everyone – BNET I look at social media at the Singapore Airshow to figure out why it matters. (In this case, I don’t think it does.) Two Reasons Why Japan Air Lines Chose American and oneworld...

Published Sat, Feb 13 2010 3:33 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Oneworld, Air New Zealand, American, JAL, BNET
Cranky on the Web (Nov 9 – 13)

American and British Airways Still Waiting for Feds Antitrust Immunity Decision – BNET The waiting game continues as the DOT has gone past its own deadline for ruling on the BA/American deal. This is getting tiresome. Capacity Restraint Leads to...

Published Sat, Nov 14 2009 3:00 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Frequent Flier Programs, Government Regulation, Oneworld, British Airways, American, BNET, Alliances, Cranky Concierge
London/Heathrow Gets Ready to Play Musical Airlines

There has been a ton of interesting news to write about in the last few days, and I’d been having trouble figuring out with what to lead . . . until yesterday. Turns out that I was voted one of the the world’s 50 most powerful blogs by The...

Published Mon, Mar 10 2008 3:59 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: SkyTeam, Star Alliance, Oneworld, British Airways, LHR - London/Heathrow

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