BA offers JAL Heathrow slots to stick with oneworld
12.01.10
British Airways has offer Japan Airlines slots at Heathrow as part of its offer to keep JAL in the Oneworld alliance. It has offered ailing JAL a deal with a value of between $165m - $240m over three years to encourage the airline to stay with the alliance.
A BA spokesman said the deal includes establishing a joint business for flights between Japan and Europe, which would increase revenue-sharing opportunities and double the number of JAL codeshares on BA's European flights. He said: ‘We would aim for the joint business to come into effect from April 2011, subject to regulatory approval.'
BA joined Qantas and Cathay Pacific Airways in sweetening the JAL proposal led by American Airlines and TPG, the private equity group. The partners are trying to persuade JAL not to defect to the rival SkyTeam grouping with a $2 billion package of enhanced benefits.
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