Iberia will be included in the joint business between Japan Airlines, British Airways, and Finnair, and start its non-stop flights from Madrid to Tokyo on October 18, 2016, offering business travellers more travel options and better global connection when flying between Asia and Europe.
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has granted an extension of the anti-trust immunity to include Iberia in the joint business between the three airlines, fostering cooperation on flights between Europe and Japan.
“We would like to thank the regulators for approving our ATI application for Iberia joining Japan Airlines, British Airways and Finnair in our current joint business between Japan and Europe,” says Yoshiharu Ueki, president of Japan Airlines. “This move will allow us to further strengthen our partnership with oneworld partner airlines, and will provide our customers with further benefits for travels between Japan and Europe.”
Iberia’s addition to the joint business will provide customers with a larger network, more flights, better connections and more frequent flyer benefits when travelling between Europe and Japan.
“We are very happy to launch our non-stop flights to Japan as part of this joint business. We want to offer our customers more and better travel options and this will help us do so. We are also glad to contribute to the strength of the joint business and the oneworld alliance,” says Luis Gallego, president and CEO of Iberia.
The revenue-sharing agreement will strengthen the alliance of the world’s leading airlines, oneworld alliance, and enable it to compete more effectively around the world with other global alliances. http://www.iberia.com/
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