oneworld Again Named World's Best Airline Alliance
September 23 2004 - 10:52AM
PR Newswire (US)
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/
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http://www.iberia.com/ http://www.lan.com/
http://www.qantas.com.au/
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