Reports from Japan are that the leadership of Japan Airlines has decided to stick with their One World Alliance instead of jumping ship and joining SkyTeam.  This is an enormous coup for American Airlines, a founding airline partner of One World.  However, it is a disappointment for SkyTeam member and world’s largest airline Delta Airlines.

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Delta Airlines and it’s global airline alliance SkyTeam have offered an aid package of $1 billion to struggling Japan Airlines, JAL.  Immediately, though, current OneWorld partner with JAL, American Airlines, said that together with other OneWorld partners British Airways and Iberia, they would top that offer of aid hoping to convince JAL to stick with [...]

Since the announcement earlier today that Air France/KLM were working with Delta on a possible investment in Japan Airlines, it was expected that British Airways would join their OneWorld partner American Airlines to try to sweeten their offer to attempt to keep JAL in OneWorld. 

It is possible, if the Delta & Air France/KLM offer of [...]

Joining the talks with Japan Airlines about possible cash infusion, stake buying and code-sharing, Air France/KLM have upped the ante.  The European airline group is looking to also infuse much needed cash into Japan Airlines in return for a stake of the company as well as an agreement to coordinate through code-share and SkyTeam alliance [...]

American Airlines, aware of the Delta Airlines possible investment and tie-up with Japan Airlines, has entered the equation.  American is in talks now with JAL on a possible minority stake in the airline to give JAL much needed cash.  This is similar to the deal announced Friday that Delta is working on with JAL.  The [...]