alliances

When, in May 1997, five airlines decided to join forces to create Star Alliance - Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines for Europe, Air Canada and United Airlines for North America and Thai Airways International for Asia - they were witnessing a minor revolution in air transport. Even if, in truth, the movement was already well under way...

Have the global airline alliances invented some twenty years ago reached their limits? Or are they now evolving in an environment with more porous economic borders? The answer is more likely to be the latter, although many see the model being undermined by the new announcements of shareholdings and...

The Qatari airline is continuing its investment strategy while strengthening its links with the member airlines of the oneworld alliance. After acquiring a 10% stake in IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, Qatar Airways intends to acquire up to 10% of LATAM Airlines, the South American giant born of the...

A new airline alliance has just been created in Asia. On Monday 16 May, the CEOs of eight Asian low-cost airlines signed an agreement to found Value Alliance, the first model of its kind for the low-cost air transport segment. Modelled in part on the major alliances...