Sailinginoz
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[Rumor] Qantas exiting oneworld.
There are several rumours floating around that because of the Emirates deal and Qatar joining one world, Qantas might have to exit the one world alliance.
"Most importantly, Qatar’s arrival forces oneworld to confront its key weakness: that it is a disparate collection of airlines that share little strategic overlap. Qantas, an ailing Australian carrier and a oneworld founder, recently announced a codeshare deal with Emirates, which is in turn Qatar’s biggest regional competitor. So Qantas may find itself forced out. Royal Jordanian, which joined oneworld in 2007, operates a Middle East-focused route network that in many cases duplicates Qatar’s, so it may opt to defect to a rival alliance. The promiscuous airberlin, already 30% owned by non-member Etihad, joined oneworld in March but has already concluded a deal with non-member AirFrance-KLM, and may also leave." - Sorry - can't submit link because I don't have enough posts. :-/
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There are several rumours floating around that because of the Emirates deal and Qatar joining one world, Qantas might have to exit the one world alliance.
"Most importantly, Qatar’s arrival forces oneworld to confront its key weakness: that it is a disparate collection of airlines that share little strategic overlap. Qantas, an ailing Australian carrier and a oneworld founder, recently announced a codeshare deal with Emirates, which is in turn Qatar’s biggest regional competitor. So Qantas may find itself forced out. Royal Jordanian, which joined oneworld in 2007, operates a Middle East-focused route network that in many cases duplicates Qatar’s, so it may opt to defect to a rival alliance. The promiscuous airberlin, already 30% owned by non-member Etihad, joined oneworld in March but has already concluded a deal with non-member AirFrance-KLM, and may also leave." - Sorry - can't submit link because I don't have enough posts. :-/
What's the opinion on this forum?
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