El Al Israel Airlines looks at introducing services to India

Mumbai: According to a report in travelweekly.com, after being thwarted by the three major global alliances ---Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star, El Al Israel Airlines is going to start its own group of carriers. The new alliance will be called WE — derived from the first initials of Western-Eastern, to capture the scope El Al Israel Airlines hopes the group will have. The airline has been looking for alliance membership to broaden its global reach and has also expressed interest in serving Japan, India and South America.
Reports mention that El Al Israel Airlines already has letters of intent to join the alliance from Russia's UTAir, Ukraine's AeroSvit and Armenian carrier Armavia, and intends to have final agreements within about three months. El Al Israel Airlines plans to sign up 20 airlines by the end of 2011.
28/08/10 TravelBizMonitor

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