Russia's leading domestic airline, S7 Airlines, is to join oneworld, after being unanimously elected on board by the grouping's existing ten member airlines, which include some of the best and biggest names in the industry.
As a first step, its network will be added from June 1 to the Global Explorer round-the-world fare offered by all oneworld member airlines and selected carriers that are not part of the alliance.
British Airways will support S7 through its 18-month alliance implementation programme, as its oneworld sponsor.
Its addition to oneworld will link one of the most extensive networks covering Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, with oneworld's unrivalled global network, as the only alliance including airlines based on every continent.
S7 serves 72 destinations worldwide ¨C 38 of them in Russia. It will add 54 cities to the oneworld map ¨C 35 of them in Russia. It will bring eight countries onto the alliance's network - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. |
