British Midland and Mexicana Airlines Welcomed to the Star Alliance Network.Business Editors VIENNA, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000 Chief Executive Officers of Star Alliance airlines, meeting in Vienna, Austria, today welcomed British Midland British midland may refer to:
Both airlines will officially join the alliance on July 1, bringing the total membership to 13. British Midland serves 32 destinations throughout Europe from its main hub at London Heathrow and is the UK's second largest scheduled carrier. Last year the airline, which employs more than 6,000 people, carried 6 million passengers with a fleet of 60 aircraft. When British Midland joins Star Alliance on July 1, London Heathrow will be transformed into the only airport in Europe to be the hub of two competing alliances. The oldest airline of Mexico, Mexicana Airlines maintains a route network covering 50 destinations in nine countries. Some 7 million passengers flew on Mexicana in 1999. The airline operates a fleet of 54 aircraft and has 6,300 employees. "Star Alliance has achieved an impressive growth since it was established in May of 1997 by five airlines coming together with the vision of providing their customers with global reach and seamless travel. Including the two new members the Star Alliance network today offers easy access to over 815 destinations in more than 130 countries and has an experience advantage of more than two years over other airline groupings," said Vagn Sorensen, Senior Vice President Business Division SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. . The Star Alliance CEOs also indicated that "the airline network for Earth" is close to reaching its completion in terms of number of members. "We have largely fulfilled our promise of providing unsurpassed global access - with a few exceptions. We are confident of finding partners that will allow us to expand our network to areas of the globe where we do not have a presence today," they said. Star Alliance groups together several of the world's leading airlines. The members are Air Canada, Air New Zealand Parameter not given Error... ''Template needs its first parameter as beg[in], mid[dle], or end. Parameter not given Error... , All Nippon Airways - ANA, Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines AG is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled sevices to over 130 destinations. Its main base is Vienna International Airport, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport.[1] In 2006 Austrian had 10 million passengers. Group (Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air and Tyrolean Airways), Ansett Australia “Ansett” redirects here. For other uses, see Ansett (disambiguation). Ansett Australia or Ansett was a major Australian domestic and international airline, flying passengers around Australia and to destinations in Asia at its height in 1996. , British Midland, Lufthansa German Airlines, Mexicana Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines - SAS, Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Thai Airways International Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (Thai: การบินไทย) (SET: THAI) is the national air carrier of Thailand, operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport, and is a founding member of , United Airlines and VARIG VARIG Viação Aérea Rio Grandense SA (Brazilian Airline) Brazilian Airlines. SAS CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/26/20000626BIT00370/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/26/20000626BIT00370/bit0002.pdf |
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