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ATW Daily New a's Borja extols oneworld's benefits
Wednesday November 11, 2009
Grupo Mexicana CEO Manuel Borja expects that the carrier's membership in oneworld will strengthen its "position considerably in an increasingly competitive marketplace" and boost international passenger traffic by 5%-7%.
"Over the past years, we have developed bilateral links with many oneworld members, including Iberia and American Airlines, and this has generated substantially higher revenues [from cooperation] than we ever enjoyed [when it was in Star Alliance, which it left in 2004]," Borja told ATWOnline in Mexico City, where MX this week officially joined oneworld (ATWOnline, Nov. 10). "Being a full-fledged [oneworld] member will allow us to build those revenues still further."
MX Monday unveiled an A320 from its mainline fleet and a 717 from its regional subsidiary MexicanaClick that are painted in alliance livery. A 767-200 will be receive a oneworld livery during its next C check in coming months. "We will have aircraft flying in oneworld livery on our regional, short-haul and long-haul routes," Borja noted.
"We are very happy that we could convince Mexicana to join," oneworld Governing Board Chairman and American Airlines Chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey said, reiterating that oneworld is "and will continue to be very selective about who we invite onboard." As the leading carrier in Mexico and Central America, MX "more than fits the bill," he said.
"Over the past years, we have developed bilateral links with many oneworld members, including Iberia and American Airlines, and this has generated substantially higher revenues [from cooperation] than we ever enjoyed [when it was in Star Alliance, which it left in 2004]," Borja told ATWOnline in Mexico City, where MX this week officially joined oneworld (ATWOnline, Nov. 10). "Being a full-fledged [oneworld] member will allow us to build those revenues still further."
MX Monday unveiled an A320 from its mainline fleet and a 717 from its regional subsidiary MexicanaClick that are painted in alliance livery. A 767-200 will be receive a oneworld livery during its next C check in coming months. "We will have aircraft flying in oneworld livery on our regional, short-haul and long-haul routes," Borja noted.
"We are very happy that we could convince Mexicana to join," oneworld Governing Board Chairman and American Airlines Chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey said, reiterating that oneworld is "and will continue to be very selective about who we invite onboard." As the leading carrier in Mexico and Central America, MX "more than fits the bill," he said.
by Cathy Buyck
