Mar 07, 2014 (LBO) - State-run SriLankan
Airlines said it is on track to join OneWorld, a global alliance of
carriers on May 01, following the successful completion of a review by
its sponsor, Cathay Pacific Airways.
From that 400,000 members of SriLankan's FlySmiles loyalty
program will have access to other airlines in the grouping, the airline
said.
These include Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines and
Qantas in Asia; airberlin, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia and Russia’s
S7 Airlines in Europe and Qatar Airways and Royal Jordanian, from the
Middle East.