MAS all set to join oneworld.

Date: 29 January 2013

MAS all set to join oneworld.

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has started the final countdown towards joining the oneworld global airline alliance on Feb1. "It is a key element of the Malaysian national flag carrier's turnaround strategy and comes as it marks 40 years of delivering its unique Malaysian hospitality," the national carrier said in a statement today.  

MAS said it will stage two days of celebrations to mark its addition to the world's premier airline alliance. "Senior executives from the existing partners of the award-winning global alliance will be flying here to welcome MAS as the newest member," it said.  

MAS group chief executive officer, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, said on the first day as part of the alliance, all representatives will join him at KL International Airport to welcome passengers on the airline's first departures. "Joining the alliance will strengthen MAS' competitiveness and enable it to offer customers an unrivalled alliance global network served by the highest quality partners from each of the world's key regions," he said.

MAS said it will fly alongside best known brands in the world airline industry such as airberlin, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Qantas, Royal Jordanian and Russia's S7 Airlines.

The airline said its addition will expand the oneworld coverage to over 840destinations in 155 countries, served by some 9,000 departures a day operated bya combined fleet of some 2,500 aircraft, carrying nearly 340 million passengers a year, with annual revenues of US110 billion (US1 = RM3.07). MAS Enrich frequent flyer members will have their privileges extended to whenever they fly with any oneworld member airline worldwide," it said. - BERNAMA 

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