Japan Airlines seeks European venture with British Airways
8 February 2012Japan Airlines Co. and British Airways applied to form a venture on Japan-Europe routes that would let them share revenue, coordinate schedules and potentially add new services.
British Airways and JAL are both members of the Oneworld global airline alliance that also includes AMR Corp. (AMR)’s American Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. The group fought off overtures from competing alliance SkyTeam, led by Delta Air Lines Inc. and Air France-KLM Group, to lure away JAL, while the Japanese carrier was dealing with bankruptcy in 2010.
source: Bloomberg
