AI may again defer joining Star Alliance

New Delhi: Air India’s hope of joining the Star Alliance, the largest of the global airline networks, by December may be further delayed, till March.
The integration of its internal information technology (IT) platforms would only be completed by then. A uniform passenger scheduling system would give AI a single code, a must for entry into the Star Alliance.
“The IT integration of erstwhile Air India and Indian Airlines can only happen by March next year,” said a senior AI official, who did not want to be identified.
The airline’s current deadline to join the alliance expires in December, after being extended from June this year.
Joining the Star Alliance, which has 26 carriers as members, will make AI part of a network that operates around 19,500 flights every day from as many as 1,071 airports in 171 countries.
01/05/10 Mihir Mishra/Business Standard

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