Oneworld
Airline alliance headquartered in Fort Worth
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| February 2025 | Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board and Competition & Consumer Commission approved Qatar Airways' investment in Virgin Australia. |
| October 2024 | Qatar Airways announced plans to purchase a 25% stake in Virgin Australia as a strategic move to circumvent restrictions on additional international flights from Doha. |
| September 18 2024 | The Alaska Air Group and Hawaiian Airlines acquisition deal closed, retaining both airlines as separate brands and setting up Hawaiian Airlines' oneworld membership. |
| September 16 2024 | Starlux Airlines announced plans to apply to join the oneworld alliance by the end of 2025. |
| June 19 2024 | Oneworld alliance sets up co-location at San Francisco International Airport in Terminals 1 and International. |
| December 3 2023 | Alaska Air Group announced plans to acquire Hawaiian Airlines for US$1.9 billion, with the deal set to make Hawaiian Airlines a oneworld member. |
| August 2023 | MIAT Mongolian Airlines CEO Munkhtamir Batbayar revealed the airline's intent to join as a oneworld Connect member, following Fiji Airways. |
| July 2023 | The Australian government rejected Qatar Airways' request for additional flights into Australia's major ports, following successful lobbying by Qantas. |
| 2022 | Qatar Airways allegedly attempted to have Qantas expelled from the Oneworld alliance, prompting Qantas to actively work on securing support from other alliance members to counter the threat. |
| 2022 | Qatar Airways applies to the Australian Government to double its flights to Australia, leveraging public support gained during the pandemic and citing its service during the COVID-19 border restrictions. |
| 2022 | American Airlines began services to Qatar Airways' Doha hub, marking a restoration of their operational relationship. |
| December 2022 | Oneworld relocated its headquarters to Fort Worth, Texas, establishing a new base of operations for the global airline alliance. |
| October 2022 | Qatar Airways launched a comprehensive partnership with Virgin Australia, significantly reducing Oneworld benefits for Qantas Frequent Flyer members and escalating tensions with Qantas. |
| September 2022 | RwandAir announced intentions to join Oneworld, with sponsorship from Qatar Airways, potentially becoming the second African airline in the alliance after Royal Air Maroc. |
| June 20 2022 | Oman Air announced its intention to formally join the Oneworld alliance, with planned membership by 30 June 2025. |
| April 2022 | S7 Airlines was suspended from oneworld following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2021 | Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker publicly criticized British Airways, calling it a 'low cost carrier' and claiming it would score 'two out of ten', despite Qatar Airways being a fellow Oneworld alliance member and International Airlines Group having a 25% stake in British Airways. |
| May 2021 | Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker succeeded Qantas CEO as chairman of the oneworld Governing Board. |
| March 31 2021 | Alaska Airlines and its affiliates Alaska Horizon and Alaska SkyWest joined oneworld as member and member affiliates. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Qatar Airways begins operating near-empty flights to and from Australia, positioning the flights as a service to bring Australians home. |
| 2020 | American Airlines resumed codeshare agreements with Qatar Airways to enhance their global network. |
| 2020 | Diplomatic negotiations between the U.S. and Qatari governments resolved the dispute, with Qatar Airways agreeing to increase financial transparency and limit certain U.S. flight routes. |
| October 21 2020 | Cathay Dragon was consolidated into Cathay Pacific. |
| May 1 2020 | LATAM Airlines Group left oneworld. |
| April 1 2020 | Royal Air Maroc officially joined oneworld. |
| June 2019 | Oneworld alliance establishes co-location facilities at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in Terminal 8. |
| 2018 | The Australian Coalition government rejected Qatar Airways' expansion plan, supporting Qantas' argument that the Qatari airline was engaging in anti-competitive practices by selling tickets below cost-price. |
| 2018 | Qatar Airways threatened to leave the Oneworld alliance due to disputes with American Airlines and Qantas. |
| December 5 2018 | oneworld announced Royal Air Maroc as a member-elect, extending the alliance's network into Africa. |
| June 1 2018 | oneworld introduced oneworld Connect, a new membership platform, with Fiji Airways as the first member. |
| April 26 2018 | Oneworld alliance implements co-location at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Terminal 1, with Japan Airlines in Terminal 2. |
| 2017 | Conflict between Qatar Airways and Qantas begins, marking the start of internal hostilities within the Oneworld alliance. |
| 2017 | Qantas renewed its joint venture agreement with Emirates. |
| 2017 | American Airlines ended its codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways amid allegations of unfair government subsidies and market expansion practices. |
| October 28 2017 | Air Berlin left oneworld and ceased operations. |
| August 15 2017 | Air Berlin filed for insolvency after Etihad Airways stopped funding the airline. |
| October 2016 | Rob Gurney succeeded Bruce Ashby as CEO of the oneworld Management Company. |
| October 31 2016 | Mihin Lanka merged with SriLankan Airlines. |
| October 17 2015 | US Airways merged with American Airlines. |
| 2014 | Mihin Lanka, US Airways, US Airways Express, and US Airways Shuttle joined Oneworld as member affiliates, with Mihin Lanka linked to SriLankan Airlines and the others to American Airlines. |
| May 1 2014 | SriLankan Airlines became a full member of oneworld, becoming the first airline from the Indian subcontinent to join any global airline alliance. |
| March 31 2014 | US Airways joined oneworld as an affiliate member. |
| March 31 2014 | TAM Airlines joined oneworld after leaving Star Alliance. |
| March 31 2014 | TAM Airlines and US Airways joined oneworld after leaving Star Alliance. |
| February 26 2014 | Oneworld alliance sets up co-location at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Terminal 4. |
| December 9 2013 | The merger between American Airlines and US Airways was completed after receiving U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval. |
| October 30 2013 | Qatar Airways officially joined the oneworld alliance after being a member-elect. |
| October 1 2013 | LAN Colombia joined the oneworld alliance. |
| April 23 2013 | Oneworld alliance establishes co-location facilities at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Terminal 2. |
| March 7 2013 | LATAM Airlines Group chose oneworld, announcing that LAN Colombia, TAM Airlines, and TAM Paraguay would join the alliance. |
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