oneworld Alliance Lastly Constructing Its Personal Airport Lounges
In 2019, the oneworld alliance which incorporates American Airways, Alaska, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and extra, introduced plans for its first alliance-wide lounge. This was going to be at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. The pandemic after which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put that plan on maintain, with Russian service S7 suspended from the alliance.
Nevertheless building is now underway on a oneworld alliance lounge in Seoul. Seoul is a crucial vacation spot, and at the moment a hub for each Star Alliance (Asiana) and SkyTeam (Korean Air) carriers. A joint oneworld alliance right here is sensible.
Greatest clue but of @traveloneworld opening its personal lounge? Ex-Jeju Air lounge in Seoul ICN T1 is underneath refurbishment.
The development signal says for — and in Korean — “Oneworld lounge enchancment building” pic.twitter.com/bfglRufnnm
— Danny Lee (@AirEVthingTRNSP) September 7, 2023
A oneworld-branded lounge would match choices supplied by each the Star and SkyTeam alliances, and are meant for airports the place a number of alliance carriers fly, and the place they co-locate in a single terminal, however the place no alliance service has a dominant presence. American will proceed to run its lounges in hubs, British Airways will proceed to run its lounges, and the identical for Cathay Pacific, Japan Airways, and others.
Among the key places which have been speculated – along with Seoul and the paused Moscow venture – embody Sao Paulo, Berlin, and a possible alliance takeover of LAX Tom Bradley terminal enterprise class lounge (which is a collaboration between oneworld airways Qantas, Cathay Pacific, and British Airways and which is Qantas-managed).
Previously there’s been hypothesis {that a} oneworld lounge program may develop to as many as 10 or extra places.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is chairman of the alliance, which just lately moved its headquarters to the American Airways campus in Dallas. American’s Chief Industrial Officer Vasu Raja is main a seek for a brand new alliance CEO to succeed Rob Gurney who served n the position for 7 years.
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