OREANDA-NEWS. July 10, 2007. At the present time the administration of S7 Group of Companies is conducting negotiations with its Interline partner British Airways about the possibility for S7 Airlines to join the world wide aviation alliance - Oneworld

Oneworld is the international financial and marketing alliance of top airlines from around the globe. The founders of Oneworld are American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia and LAN Airlines. In April 2007 the Japanese group JAL, Jordanian Royal Airlines (Royal Jordanian), Hungarian airline Malеv Hungarian Airlines, Argentine LAN Argentina and Ecuadorean airline LAN Ecuador joined the Oneworld alliance.

Members of Oneworld alliance are interested in having a reliable partner in the Russian aviation market, which today is one of the most promising and rapid-growing markets. S7 Airlines can become such a partner, as it possesses a unique and the most developed route network in Russia which would provide passengers with flights to practically all regions of Russia through the main S7 traffic hubs in Moscow (Domodedovo), Novosibirsk and Irkutsk.

In its turn, joining one of the world’s leading air alliances will allow S7 Airlines to offer Russian passengers opportunities for flights to practically all countries of the world. Moreover, being an alliance member would provide an opportunity to learn from the experiences of the world’s leading airlines and provide access to the newest technologies for passenger air transport service.