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oneworld Again Named World's Best Airline Alliance
LONDON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- oneworld has once again been named the
world's Best Airline Alliance by some of the most frequent of the world's
flyers.
It received its latest honor in the 2004 Business Traveller Awards. The
magazine presents its trophies based on the findings of its annual poll of
readers, who include some of the most widely traveled passengers around the
world.
It is the second time that oneworld has received this award in the three years
it has been presented. oneworld was also named the World's Leading Airline
Alliance in the most recent World Travel Awards, based on votes cast by 80,000
travel agency professionals from more than 200 countries.
"This is a great vote of confidence from some of our key customers," said
oneworld Managing Partner John McCulloch. "It reflects the quality of our
airline members, our lead in serving more countries and in offering more
alliance fare products than our competitors, and our determination to deliver
alliance customer service better than anyone else."
oneworld members virtually swept the board in the various airline categories.
British Airways took seven prizes -- as best airline overall and best for First
Class, Business Class, Economy Class, long-haul travel, short- haul airline and
frequent flyer program. American Airlines was voted top North American
airline. Members of rival alliances managed just two honors between them.
In the other leading industry awards this year -- the 2004 OAG Airline of the
Year and the 2004 SkyTrax Airline of the Year -- oneworld's partner airlines
gained more accolades than members of both its competitor alliances combined.
In the 2004 Airline Strategy Awards, run by the highly regarded Airline
Business magazine, oneworld carriers took four of the six awards. Members of
other alliances did not receive a mention between them. The top prize, for
Executive Leadership, was won by a oneworld carrier for the third year running,
keeping it in the alliance's hands since the award's inception.
Airline Business' U.S. counterpart, Air Transport World, also presented more
awards to the grouping's partners than to members of other global alliances at
its prize-giving ceremony in January, selecting Qantas as its overall Airline
of the Year, with another special award for Aer Lingus.
oneworld -- comprising Qantas, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, LAN, Finnair and Aer
Lingus besides American Airlines and British Airways -- is the most
international of the global airline alliances, serving more countries than any
of its rivals, a total of 135 territories. It also offers a wider range of
alliance fare and sales products than all the competition combined.
Reflecting the quality of its partners, it is also the only alliance whose
members ended last year with a collective profit.
The alliance is aimed at providing more services and value for its partners and
their customers than any airline can achieve on its own. For passengers, this
includes the opportunity to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles and points
across the combined 575-destination oneworld network and, for top-tier
customers, access to almost 400 airport lounges worldwide.
To encourage existing and new members of its airlines' frequent flyer programs
to explore more of its unrivalled network, the alliance is currently offering a
special bonus of up to 15,000 miles or points, redeemable throughout the
oneworld network. To participate, you must fly on three oneworld airlines,
using eligible fares, between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30, 2004. See
http://www.oneworld.com/ for details.
oneworld's eight airlines and their affiliates carried more than 220 million
passengers last year on a combined fleet of almost 2,000 aircraft, earning
revenues of approximately U.S. $50 billion.
The Business Traveller survey is the only travel survey conducted by a
U.K.-based publication that is independent, authoritative and complies with the
rules laid out by the Market Research Society.
DATASOURCE: oneworld
CONTACT: Michael Blunt, PR of oneworld, +44-20-8738-5173, or
+44-7789-612712, or ; or Media Relations of Aer
Lingus, +353-1-886-2573; or Corporate Communications of American Airlines,
+1-817-967-1577, or ; or Press Office of British Airways,
+44-20-8738-5100; or Corporate Communications of Cathay Pacific,
+852-2747-8282; or Corporate Communications of Finnair, +358-981-84970; or
Communications of Iberia, +34-91-587-7462, or ; or
Communications of LAN, +562-565-3975; or Corporate Communication of Qantas,
+61-2-9691-4058
Web site: http://www.oneworld.com/
http://www.oneworld.com/pressroom
http://www.aerlingus.com/
http://www.aa.com/pressreleases
http://www.britishairways.com/press
http://www.cathaypacific.com/
http://www.finnair.com/
http://www.iberia.com/
http://www.lan.com/
http://www.qantas.com.au/