One world alliance which airlines are included. Registration in the Oneworld bonus program. The history of the formation of the “one world”

Every year we flew with S7 airlines to Verona for a ski trip

a gurney, and not only to Verona. We're kind of their regular clients. Typically large
group of several families. The company provided free transportation
sports luggage, namely: skis, ski poles or snowboards, sportswear
clothes, helmet, glasses, etc. There were no problems, except that they spoiled me twice
bugs Once a sports bag got holes through it, rubbed by something...
holes (the bag costs about $500), they made a hole in the suitcase a second time
Samsonite, we specifically bought lightweight, expensive suitcases for travel
(cost approximately $700). Both times these facts were recorded in
airport after receiving luggage, they were told to contact S7 airline, they said that our
the appeal is considered, after a few months they continue again
consider, in a word, complete rudeness and disregard for clients, now
I will go to court and see the result.
But
all these stories could be considered force majeure, well, it doesn’t happen to anyone, they could
spoil luggage during transportation at the airport, on the conveyor belt, during transshipment, etc.
What does S7 airline have to do with it!?
But
what really got the job done was something else - these are specific scams that the air carrier
practices. Let me give you an example: we are flying as a family, five people, three children, with an infant
baby is 6 months old, we are invited to register without a queue, it’s nice.....
We ask the girl who is not registered to seat my wife and I together so that there is
the opportunity to help her with the child. The girl looks at us with emotion and
invites us to pay extra and fly business class, explains that the extra payment is small,
but it will be very convenient with a child. We
We figure it out and decide to leave the older children in the main cabin and fly ourselves
in business. We quickly redirected to another window to pay extra, we
we approach, pay extra for business class, a nice girl checks us in for the flight,
We get boarding tickets and go to boarding joyfully. We go into the salon and let you in
older children ahead and begin searching for our seats in business class, anticipating
unforgettable impressions of the flight, we can’t understand where these heavenly places are,
We block the passage for all passengers. The flight attendant comes up and sweetly says that
Our seats are not in business class, but right behind it. We show receipts
We try to explain everything, to which we are told that all the seats are occupied, and upon arrival at
airport, you can decide everything with a representative of S7 airline. Well, don’t make a scandal on the plane, otherwise
They’ll also accuse you of terrorism, let’s go to our seats, it turns out this bitch is at the counter
registration also put us in different places. Thanks to the neighbors who came
to meet us and switch places so that the baby and I have the opportunity
sit nearby. We arrive, and they tell us that the surcharge for seats was increased
comfort, although this is not written anywhere and if we were against it, we could not
fly!!! How is that? Ask to be taken off the flight, to take out our luggage??? How is that??? A
Now, they say, go away, you used the service, so the question is settled. But that's not all the adventures with the airline
S7.
In 2018
this year we are flying to ski in Verona, as I wrote above, equipment is offered
for transportation free of charge. We bought special backpacks for boots, helmets,
sportswear, etc. We fly without skis, we rent them. At registration
a well-fed aunty lets one such bag through, which leaves for loading,
when we lay out the second backpack she asks: “What’s in it?”, we answer that
boots, helmets, glasses and sportswear. She says that this luggage is necessary
pay extra because free transportation offered
exclusively: boots, skis, helmet, goggles and nothing about sportswear
written because they changed the transportation rules. Sorry, this is not the first time we've flown
a year, before it was possible, now it’s impossible, then why was one bag allowed through? One
in a word, the aunt starts yelling, calling some big guy for help. Good that
I found a correspondence on the phone with the support service of this wonderful airline S7, where it was written that
sportswear is allowed, and the address from which I received this letter is
S7 airline customer support service address. The gloomy man looked at the answer
his airline reluctantly gives the go-ahead for our luggage to pass through.
Do you think
this is all? NO.
We order
with friends tickets for 2019, I’m not a fool, I’m writing a request to the support service,
Can sportswear be carried or not? Well for next time
Show this letter to the evil auntie at registration. They answer that it’s possible, we’ll book
tickets. How thoughtful am I, right? Hera!!! This year at registration we
they say that they will not accept our sports bags for free, since we are flying without
skis and ski poles!!! That is, we have a shortage!!! They have it written that
free skis, poles, sportswear, helmet there, and since we don’t have skis,
pay!!! So who is smart??? Who is the best money maker in the world??? This -
AIRLINE S7! Guys
creative! And they send us to a company representative who says that
now it’s like that, but what we didn’t understand is our problems! My letter about sports
doesn't roll clothes, it's about skiing
there is nothing! I write a complaint, they register it and send me on my way
difficult, expensive, difficult. Backpacks are not suitcases, so we pack away the extra weight
for suitcases, thank God, space and weight allowed. For 1500 rubles we wrap two
bags are wrapped in film and checked in as one baggage.
But the most
wildness is the mocking response from S7 airline to my claim, which I received today! It turns out I
I could have done all this for free, but in fact I paid for the luggage myself, and since now
It is not possible to determine its contents... go along the difficult road,
expensive and difficult. LIKE THIS!!!
I often
flew with this airline, not only that, my friends flew with me, several times
once a year. Guess which airline I'm flying with my friends to ski
in 2020? Right!!! ANOTHER!!!
I don't
I say that every time I came across this, but this is an extreme case.....
from now on without me.
Like
the theater begins with a hanger, your vacation begins with an air flight! If you want to,
so that your holiday begins with a good mood, and not with an unpleasant aftertaste
to the soul of a person who has once again been scammed, choose another airline!!!

The Russian airline S7 Airlines (formerly Sibir), the largest in Russia in terms of the number of passengers carried on domestic airlines, has become a full member of the global aviation alliance Oneworld ("one world" from English - "one world") on Monday. “Joining the alliance will strengthen our financial position by increasing revenue from passengers of other alliance members who will use the routes of our network,” says the CEO of S7 Airlines. In addition, according to him, membership in Oneworld will allow the airline to reduce costs: S7 will have access to the common resources of the alliance.

The Oneworld alliance includes airlines such as American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN Airlines, Malev Hungarian Airlines, Mexicana, Qantas and Royal Jordanian, as well as about 20 affiliated airlines. Oneworld is the third existing global airline alliance, along with Star Alliance and SkyTeam.

S7 became the second Russian airline to join the international airline alliance.

In 2006, Aeroflot largest airline Russia, became a member of the Sky Team alliance (Alitalia, CSA). They claim that the alliance's international route network has allowed the airline to attract new passengers. In 2006, she invited the Russian aviation alliance AiRUnion to join the Star Alliance, but in 2008 AiRUnion went bankrupt.

S7 began to actively move towards international markets several years ago, when the company was still called Sibir. S7 was one of the first Russian airlines to switch from Russian technology to foreign ones, one of the first to introduce e-ticket instead of paper forms. About $5 million was spent on rebranding and renaming the company to S7; the purpose of these procedures was also an attempt to get rid of the image of a failed company. In 2004, as is known, female suicide bombers blew up the Siberia Tu-154 plane. And the latest A310 crash in Irkutsk (in July 2006) happened in the midst of a rebranding campaign, which dealt an additional blow to the airline. Joining the Oneworld alliance imposes additional flight safety obligations on S7.

However, it is difficult to blame the airline for the tragedy associated with the terrorist attack, says the head of the analytical department of AviaPort. And the difference between the provincial Novosibirsk airline Siberia, which flew five years ago, and the S7, which representatives of British Airways saw a year and a half ago at the first meetings, is obvious, he admits. Nevertheless,

the acceptance of S7 into the alliance is rather an advance, which in the future it will still have to justify,

experts say. Even before joining the Sky Team, Aeroflot had a serious international route network and easily integrated into the alliance. With S7, integration will be more difficult. Due to problems with obtaining commercial rights for international flights (flights between Russia and other countries are regulated by separate intergovernmental agreements), the commercial network international routes S7 is not developed as Oneworld would like.

In addition to S7, two more Russian airlines are of interest to international alliances - UTair and UTair, which have a well-branched route network. But the companies themselves are not talking about such plans yet. “There are examples of carriers who entered into alliances, but this did not help them become successful. Therefore, our management is considering the option of joining the alliance from the angle of successful development in the future,” the general director of Transaero is cautious. According to her, only if the airline sees that joining one of the global alliances will benefit the company, primarily passengers, will Transaero consider such an opportunity. Now Transaero is developing bilateral cooperation with the world's leading carriers and increasing the number of agreements with them.

Oneworld Aviation Alliance
Oneworld was founded in 1999 by five airlines, alliance has since grown by joining itself Finnair And Iberia. A year later, she joined LAN, and in 2007 joined the alliance entered Japan Airlines And Royal Jordanian and in 2010 S7, Two years later they were annexed Malaysia Airlines, and in 2013 Qatar Airways . US Airways And Sri Lankan Airlines joined in 2014. Oneworld, is one of the three largest airline alliances global world with its control center based in New York. Alliance was quite seriously expanded in its history in 2007, when Japan Airlines, Malev And Royal Jordanian joined as full members, while Cathay Pacific, a subsidiary of Dragonair, five subsidiaries Japan Airlines and two subsidiaries LAN joined as associate members. In July 2011, Oneworld and its members fly to 870 cities in 146 countries. The Alliance operates more than 9,300 daily flights and carries 335 million passengers. United Park alliance is 2,400 aircraft. Since the end of 2002 Oneworld And airlines-members have developed general technical requirements for engineering and operational activities, reducing costs through bulk purchasing and the exchange of spare parts. He was also the first aviation alliance who introduced interline via the network all airlines-members. Oneworld was recognized as the best in the world aviation alliance in 2002, 2004 and 2005. The alliance has the highest rating airlines, with an average rating of 3.73, based on all airline alliances. According to this indicator, it is ahead of its competitors, such as and, with average ratings of 3.19 and 3.29, respectively. Airline Alliance provides airlines- for participants, a number of advantages. These include codeshare agreements and cost reductions in operations, maintenance, investments and purchases. Benefits that may be available to tourists such as increased departure time options, availability of flights with more seats, reduced travel time and various Special offers.

Airlines included in Oneworld:

Airline alliances create a global network that can be used airlines, as well as air passengers. By using Oneworld alliance, airlines can achieve large quantity destinations and expand its services to passengers around the world.

oneworld was created in 1999 and became the second international aviation alliance in the world after. Now it is the third largest alliance, uniting 13 airlines from different corners peace. Russia is represented in oneworld by S7 Airlines, the second largest fleet and route network carrier in the country. The founders of the alliance were American Airlines (USA), British Airways (UK), Canadian Airlines (Canada), Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong) and QANTAS (Australia).

The main thing you need to know about the oneworld alliance:

The oneworld alliance includes 13 full members, 30 affiliated companies (part of the same group of companies as the main carrier) and 1 more airline on this moment claims to join the alliance as a full member. We present full list airlines that are today full members of the alliance:

oneworld airlines
	American Airlines A country: USA; -- Destination: 330; -- Number of countries: 50; -- Number of aircraft: 952; -- Joined the alliance: 1999 (founder of the alliance).
	British Airways A country: Great Britain; -- Destination: 200; -- Number of countries: 90; -- Number of aircraft: 271; -- Joined the alliance: 1999 (founder of the alliance).
	Cathay Pacific A country: Hong Kong; -- Destination: 90; -- Number of countries: 35; -- Number of aircraft: 145; -- Joined the alliance: 1999 (founder of the alliance).
	A country: Finland; -- Destination: 65; -- Number of countries: 30; -- Number of aircraft: 67; -- Joined the alliance: 1999.
	Iberia A country: Spain; -- Destination: 110; -- Number of countries: 40; -- Number of aircraft: 80; -- Joined the alliance: 1999.
	Japan Airlines A country: Japan; -- Destination: 80; -- Number of countries: 20; -- Number of aircraft: 162; -- Joined the alliance: 2007.
	LATAM A country: Chile; -- Destination: 107; -- Number of countries: 33; -- Number of aircraft: 311; -- Joined the alliance: 2000.
	Malaysia Airlines A country: Malaysia; -- Destination: 80; -- Number of countries: 23; -- Number of aircraft: 80; -- Joined the alliance: 2013.
	QANTAS A country: Australia; -- Destination: 80; -- Number of countries: 20; -- Number of aircraft: 131; -- Joined the alliance: 1999 (founder of the alliance).
	Qatar Airways A country: Qatar; -- Destination: 150; -- Number of countries: 48; -- Number of aircraft: 214; -- Joined the alliance: 2013.
	Royal Jordanian A country: Jordan; -- Destination: 60; -- Number of countries: 40; -- Number of aircraft: 25; -- Joined the alliance: 2007.
	S7 Airlines A country: Russia; -- Destination: 100; -- Number of countries: 30; -- Number of aircraft: 86; -- Joined the alliance: 2010.
	SriLankan Airlines A country: Sri Lanka; -- Destination: 50; -- Number of countries: 25; -- Number of aircraft: 26; -- Joined the alliance: 2014.

Although the alliance loses in the number of participants (26 airlines) and (20 airlines), in terms of the overall size of the fleet and the number of destinations, it is almost on a par with Skyteam. Largely due to the fact that the key airlines of the alliance are the huge fleet size of American and the large Qatar Airways, British Airways, QANTAS and LATAM.

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If we talk about airlines from Europe, there are only three of them in oneworld:

• British British Airways
• Finnish;
• and Spanish Iberia.

Russia is represented in oneworld by S7 Airlines, which, before joining the international alliance, significantly improved the quality of service, updated its fleet of aircraft, replacing outdated ones soviet planes for modern airliners Airbus, Boeing and Embraer. Now the carrier fully complies with all international standards of safety and quality of service.

It is possible that over time another carrier from Russia will appear in oneworld, but for now the alliance is announcing its plans to expand its presence in other regions - especially in Africa and China. Oneworld is now practically not represented there, unlike Star Alliance and SkyTeam.

oneworld member airline bonus programs

There is no oneworld branded rewards program, however all participating airlines recognize rewards points from other alliance partners. It is enough to register in one bonus program any member of the alliance and accumulate points from any flights made on oneworld member flights into this bonus account.

Accumulated points can also be spent on services of any airline of the alliance. And this is what the list of privileges looks like, which opens to members of the oneworld bonus program:

The main thing is that registration in several programs of different carriers is not required - it’s convenient!

And one more distinctive feature of the oneworld alliance bonus program. You can accumulate points not only on flights of full members of the alliance, but also on affiliated airlines (usually subsidiaries of a particular carrier).

oneworld: safety and incidents

Today, oneworld has very strict requirements for its member airlines. Security standards are the same for the entire alliance. Before joining, each airline undergoes a series of serious certification procedures. They show its compliance with requirements and standards.

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Each air carrier applying for entry into oneworld undergoes an external audit. It includes a 118-point audit of the company. Most of them are related to security.

We searched international aircraft accident databases to find all fatalities involving oneworld member airlines.

• American Airlines has had two plane crashes since it joined oneworld. Two planes carrying passengers were destroyed on September 11, 2001 during the terrorist attacks in New York. And in November of the same year, an Airbus A300 crashed - the tail stabilizer fell off the plane. 260 people on board died.
• In July 2007, an Airbus A320 operated by LAN Brasil (now LATAM Airlines Brasil) skidded off the runway while landing in Sao Paulo and crashed into a warehouse building. All 187 passengers were killed, as well as the crew and 12 people on the ground.
• In August 2011, a Boeing 737 operated by LAN Colombia (now LATAM Airlines Colombia) crashed during landing. 2 people died, 114 were injured. The cause of the disaster was a lightning strike on the plane.
• Two disasters in 2014 happened to Malaysia Airlines airliners. In March, flight MH370, operated by a Boeing 777, disappeared from radar screens. There were 239 passengers on board. Even the approximate location of the plane crash is still unknown. The second airliner (also a Boeing 777) was shot down in July of the same year in the skies over Ukraine. 298 people on board were killed.

Note! We analyzed accidents with planes of one or another airline only from the moment it joined the alliance! We only took into account incidents that resulted in the death of passengers.

There have also been several crashes and deaths of aircraft from different airlines, but there were no deaths of passengers or people on the ground. Disasters with S7 Airlines airliners happened long before the airline joined the alliance.

oneworld development prospects

For all international alliances, one of the most promising markets now is Indian. oneworld is not currently represented there. The alliance also does not have African airlines or frequent flights to African countries. It is logical to assume that these are the main directions of development of the alliance.

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On the other hand, oneworld has a strong presence in most Latin American countries thanks to LATAM. And in Asia by Malaysia Airlines and SriLankan.

Perhaps in the near future one or more airlines from Europe will join the alliance. And in 2018, the national airline of the Republic of Fiji, Fiji Airlines (formerly Air Pacific), is expected to join the alliance.

Today there are several aviation alliances in the world, but only three of them have the greatest weight and significance. The Oneworld alliance, founded in 1999, is one of these top three. It includes 45 airlines, both full members and affiliates.

The history of the formation of the “one world”

The Oneworld Alliance is the first aviation community to use a centralized control system for its flights. The union's head office is located in. Management is carried out by the Managing Partner and the Board, whose members are the heads of airlines of full members of the alliance. Today Oneworld operates regular flights to 152 countries and 992 destinations. The total passenger traffic is about 500 million people per year.

The official date of creation of the alliance is considered to be February 1, 1999, when Oneworld began its operational activities. However, an agreement on this issue was reached a year earlier, by five airlines: American, Canadian, British national carrier, Australian, nicknamed "Flying Kangaroo" and Hong Kong's flagship Cathay Pacific. In 1999, the Spanish national airline and the Finnish flag carrier joined the newly formed carrier union.

In 2009, the Mexican flagship, which had previously been a member of Star Alliance, joined the alliance, and a year later Russian airline joined as a full member. In 2014, also after leaving Star Alliance, the Brazilian flagship also joined Oneworld.

Oneworld in one world of airports

Since one of the advantages of airline alliances is priority check-in for flights and convenient location, they all try to accumulate in the main ones. Joint alliance check-in counters can be found at international airport Barajas, terminal 4 (Madrid, Spain), at the airport. J.F. Kennedy, terminal 8 (New York, USA), Domodedovo (Moscow, Russia), Charles de Gaulle airport (Paris, France) and others.

Unified corporate identity

The planes of the alliance members have a special logo on the front door. Also, the planes of regular participants are dressed in a special livery, which occupies almost the entire hull of the aircraft and makes them visible from a great distance.

Oneworld Frequent Flyer Benefits

Depending on their status, passengers are provided with the following benefits:

• priority check-in, the ability to choose a seat in the aircraft cabin, additional luggage.
• access to waiting rooms increased comfort(more than 550 worldwide), expedited pre-flight inspection.
• using accumulated miles to travel around the world, upgrading your service class, and the ability to transfer accumulated miles to another user.

Increasing the user's status and increasing the list of privileges depends on the number of flights he has completed in one calendar year.