For
Malaysia Airlines, joining oneworld completes the latest phase of its
repositioning plan. Becoming part of the world's premier global
airline alliance will strengthen its competitiveness, enabling it to
offer customers an unrivalled alliance global network served by
partners including some of the best and biggest airlines in the
world.
Customers
benefit from expanded global network and increased competition
Malaysia
Airlines, which serves more than 60 destinations in almost 30
countries, will substantially expand the alliance's network in one of
the world's fastest growing economic powerhouses, South East Asia.
Its addition to
oneworld makes Malaysia - which has one of the world's 30 biggest
national economies and with a population of almost 30 million - a
home market for the alliance. Its capital Kuala Lumpur, the world's
10th most visited city by international visitors according to the
latest annual Mastercard survey, is now a oneworld hub.
Malaysia
Airlines connects new 16 destinations and one country - Brunei - to
the oneworld map. More significantly, it will strengthen the
alliance's connectivity between many key business cities in Asia and
other parts of the world.
Its addition expands
oneworld's global coverage to 842 destinations in 156 countries,
served by some 9,000 departures a day operated by a combined fleet of
some 2,500 aircraft, carrying nearly 340 million passengers a year,
with annual revenues of US$ 110 billion. Add oneworld's other members
elect - Qatar Airways and Sri Lankan Airlines - and the alliance
network will reach 860 destinations in 159 countries.
Currently
three of oneworld's active member airlines serve three points in
Malaysia, with Cathay Pacific, Japan
Airlinesand
Royal Jordanian flying to Kuala Lumpur, Cathay Pacific operating to
Penang and its Dragonair regional affiliate to Kota Kinabalu
