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 Qantas 98 25 Qatar Airways 178 82 Royal Air Maroc 82 41 Royal Jordanian 45 29 Sri Lankan Airlines 112 58 Fiji Airways ( one world connect) 26 15 Oman Air (future member) 41 20 Earlier this summer, one world celebrated its 25th anniversary, and highlighted that by 2025, the alliance will have triple in size since its founding. More than 500 million passengers are flown annually on the alliance’s carriers - combined, member loyalty programs have 212 million members and a fleet of more than 3,400 planes.
Since its founding in 1999, one world airlines have flown more than nine billion passengers. “I’m proud to mark the creation of the oneworld alliance. Since its inception 25 years ago, the alliance has raised the bar in customer service and forged a common bond between the world’s leading airlines.
We have never wavered in our commitment to enhance the customer experience every day, on every flight.” - Robert Isom, Chief Executive Officer, American Airlines Using its wide reach worldwide, one world has created some Round The World Airline Tickets, making it easier for people to take these kinds of trips in one itinerary. Star Alliance has a similar ticket , and SkyTeam discontinued its own version.
According to the website, there are three types of tickets: one world Explorer: a continent-based fare Global Explorer: a distance-based fare Circle Pacific: an inter-continental journey to explore continents that border the Pacific Ocean The Explorer ticket is designed for continent-based travel, and the fare to be charged is determined by the highest class traveled and the number of geographic continents in the itinerary, including the continent of origin and continents transited. The Global Explorer ticket is charged based on the distance traveled. There are several rules for this ticket, such as: Travel must be via the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and only one crossing of each ocean is permitted Travel must be in a continuous forward direction.
Backtracking within a continent is permitted A minimum of three and a maximum of 16 segments There are several rules that can be found on the oneworld website, but there are just a few of the most important rules. Changes are generally permitted if the routing does not change, in which case fees are charged. There are no full refunds, unless entry documents are not approved and proof is provided.
Otherwise, there is a 90% refund for economy tickets and 95% for business and first class. The last ticket is technically not a round-the-world ticket. The Circle Pacific is for multi-continent air travel without actually flying all the way around the world.
This ticket is meant only for those looking to explore continents bordering the Pacific Ocean. The booking process Booking is a simple process and can be done on the one world website. The alliance has added a new booking tool which it considers a new, revolutionary way to book your round-the-world trip, Choose destinations - first, be inspired by our pre-built itineraries or create your own.
we will help you order your cities Set dates - next, set the desired dates for your trip. any scheduling issues will be handled in real time Finalize flights - finally, we will recommend flights for you to review. pick the flights that best suit you.
one world has added a next-generation support tool, a travel agent that will help book the ticket, adapting to customer needs, suggesting useful tips, and making it easy to accomplish goals. The video below shows the assisted booking process. Los Angeles is the starting point, and, at first, London was chosen as the second city on the list, but eventual complications with the itinerary changed that.
The first cities added were Los Angeles, London, Singapore, Brisbane, Cape Town, and Buenos Aires. These cities were added at random but to have one city on each continent. A problem that arose with flying from Cape Town to Brisbane is that the system could not find any options connecting the two cities.
After dropping Brisbane, the system then said the itinerary was invalid because Europe and the Middle East are considered the same region, and there was a stop in London before going to Cape Town, and to leave Cape Town would require a stop in London, Doha, or, making it the second stop in the region. After several changes, which can be seen in the video, the following cities were nailed down, in order; Los Angeles, São Paulo, London, Doha, Singapore, Brisbane, and Los Angeles. In the end, the itinerary came out to $6,512, including $813 in fees.
Of the six legs, four are nonstop and two have layovers. The first leg is operated by American Airlines, the second by Iberia, the third and fourth by Qatar Airways, and the last two by Qantas..
