Oneworld in One Room

摘要

On a chilly morning in February 1999, management from five majoi carriers assembled in London to announce the launch of an organisation that is now a byword for international air travel At that time, some cynics regarded the move as little more than a knee-jerk reaction to counter the growing threat posed by Star Alliance - which had been formed two years earlier, with United Airlines and Lufthansa among its founding members. Fast-forward 20 years and oneworld has evolved almost beyond recognition, now operating nearly 14,000 daily departures, covering 180 territories. To put it another way, in the time it takes to read this sentence, another oneworld member aircraft will have taken off or touched down at one of the 1,100 airports the group serves globally.