Oneworld not in 'active discussions' with China Southern
Oneworld says it is not in any “active discussions” with China Southern Airlines about joining the alliance, and that it feels “no pressure” to add a mainland Chinese carrier into the grouping. The alliance's CE Rob Gurney says that it has always been “very flexible” in allowing members to partner with airlines outside the grouping. “We recognise that we’re the smallest alliance and we recognised a long time ago that to try and force all members to work exclusively with other Oneworld members is just impractical.” He made the comment in response to a question about some of its members collaborating with China Southern, which dropped out of SkyTeam at the beginning of the year. Gurney adds that its members are already partners with the 3 big mainland Chinese carriers. <br/>
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Oneworld not in 'active discussions' with China Southern
Oneworld says it is not in any “active discussions” with China Southern Airlines about joining the alliance, and that it feels “no pressure” to add a mainland Chinese carrier into the grouping. The alliance's CE Rob Gurney says that it has always been “very flexible” in allowing members to partner with airlines outside the grouping. “We recognise that we’re the smallest alliance and we recognised a long time ago that to try and force all members to work exclusively with other Oneworld members is just impractical.” He made the comment in response to a question about some of its members collaborating with China Southern, which dropped out of SkyTeam at the beginning of the year. Gurney adds that its members are already partners with the 3 big mainland Chinese carriers. <br/>
