oneworld remains very important to Qantas: 'great for our customers'

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce, speaking at the CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit, said (05-Aug-2016) oneworld remains very important to the carrier. Mr Joyce explained: "oneworld is great for our customers and there's a lot of our customers that love the recognition, the access to lounges, the earn of frequent flyer points that oneworld gives them." Mr Joyce continued: "One of the great things about oneworld that's different from Star Alliance and SkyTeam is that we can do relationships outside of it, and we've always done that, we've got great relationships with Emirates, great relationships with the Chinese carriers."