Latin America's biggest airline is approved - alliance they will join not announced

[SQtraveller]

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[CarbonMan]

OK - place your bets please.

TAM is a member of the Star Alliance group of airlines, which includes BMI, Lufthansa, SAS and Air China.

Meanwhile LAN is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance, which includes Iberia, British Airways, Qantas and JAL.

The airlines have not yet said which one they will join.

[Kyo]

I'll put a tenner on Star Alliance, please!

[dj_jay_smith]

I'll put a tenner on Star Alliance, please!

Afraid not!

"The regulators in Chile stipulated that the combined entity has to be a member of one alliance only and could not be in the same alliance as Avianca-Taca, which is a member of Star Alliance."

[Desert Traveller]

Afraid not!

"The regulators in Chile stipulated that the combined entity has to be a member of one alliance only and could not be in the same alliance as Avianca-Taca, which is a member of Star Alliance."

Not so fast...Avianca-Taca are in the process of joining, scheduled to be completed by April 2012. With LATAM being the far bigger prize, I bet the *A team are working hard to make sure LATAM ends up in *A. Whatever that might mean for Avianca-Taca.

[Kyo]

Not so fast...Avianca-Taca are in the process of joining, scheduled to be completed by April 2012. With LATAM being the far bigger prize, I bet the *A team are working hard to make sure LATAM ends up in *A. Whatever that might mean for Avianca-Taca.

I like this guy!