SriLankan Airlines to join ‘oneworld’ in May
View(s):SriLankan Airlines will become a full member of oneworld®, offering the alliance’s complete range of services and benefits with effect from May 1, the first carrier from the Indian subcontinent to become part of any global airline groups.
“The national airline of Sri Lanka received clearance to board oneworld, the world’s leading quality airline alliance, after successfully completing a thorough review of its readiness conducted by Cathay Pacific Airways, which is sponsoring its entry into the alliance, with the oneworld central team,” airline officials said in a statement on Friday.
Senior executives from oneworld’s established member airlines – which include some of the leading carriers from each of the world’s regions – will gather in Sri Lanka on the eve of SriLankan’s addition to the alliance, to welcome it to the fold, it said.
From the first flights on 1 May 2014, the 400,000 members of SriLankan’s FlySmiLes loyalty programme will, in effect, have their frequent flyer privileges extended to whenever they fly with any oneworld member airline, it said.