SriLanka Airlines to join oneworld from May 01

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.