The oneworld Alliance is the world’s smallest airline alliance by number of flights this month. It was founded in 1999 by American Airlines , British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Qantas, and Canadian International (no longer in the alliance after merging with Air Canada. Since 2022, the one world headquarters have been located in Fort Worth, Texas along with American Airlines’ headquarters, and was previously located in New York City and Vancouver.
According to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics firm, there are 3,323,974 scheduled flights in August. Of that number, only 1,375,186 are operated by airlines in the three major alliances. Of the three alliances, Star Alliance, SkyTeam Alliance, and one world Alliance, one world has the smallest market share.
In August, 393,971 flights are scheduled by one world carriers, about 28.64% of the share between the alliances. Star Alliance has the most flights, 569,570, or 41.
41%, and SkyTeam has 411,645, or 29.93%. 12,000+ daily departures Data shows there are more than 12,000 flights scheduled today, operated by 14 airlines (13 members and one one world connect member).
The one world network serves more than 900 destinations in 170 countries and territories. The breakdown of each carrier’s network is shown below: Airline Destinations Destinations/Countries Alaska Airlines 125 7 American Airlines 352 60 British Airways 198 72 Cathay Pacific 80 28 Finnair 100 35 Iberia 137 46 Japan Airlines 199 64 Malaysia Airlines 55 20 Q.