Mexico City based Mexicana becomes the 11th member to join the One World alliance founded by American Airlines, British Airways, Qantas and Cathay Pacific in 1998. One World is one of the three major airline alliances in the world. Other members of One World are Finnair, Iberia, Malev, Japan Airlines, Lan Chile and Royal Jordanian.
Mexicana, operating a fleet of mainly Airbus A318, A319 and A320 aircraft on short and mediun haul routes, as well as the Boeing 767 and Airbus A330 on long haul routes, officially joined the One World alliance on November 9th 2009. Mexicana operates also a fleet of Fokker 100's and Boeing 717's on short haul regional routesAt the ceremony of Mexicana joining the alliance, one Airbus A320 painted with the One World logo jet was brought for the celebration. The other major airline of Mexico, Aero Mexico, is part of the Sky Team alliance.
Next member expected to join One World is S7, an airline based in Siberia Russia.
