Malaysia Airlines to Join Oneworld

Malaysia Airlines is set to become a full member of the oneworld global airline alliance during the second half of 2012 after the Chief Executives of the group’s members unanimously elected the carrier as a designate member at a meeting on the sidelines of IATA's 2011 World Air Transport Summit, which opened in Singapore today. A formal alliance membership plan will be devised shortly and the carrier is now working with oneworld members and partners to develop bilateral links across the group’s network.

"With the world airline industry increasingly focused on alliances, we have carried out careful analysis of the options now available to Malaysia Airlines. The time is clearly right for our company to join one of the global airline groups, and oneworld is clearly the best option for us,” Tengku Azmil Aziz, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia Airlines. As a company highly focused on quality service, we are immensely proud to have been invited to join the highest quality alliance with the best airline partners offering a global network that best complements our own. We look forward to completing all joining requirements as soon as possible."

More details on oneworld’s existing activity in Asia and an analysis of Malaysia Airlines’ route network will appear in the next issue of The HUB, out on Friday 10th June.