Adamant Air India twists arms for Star Alliance membership

New Delhi: Air India wants to be a Star Alliance member and has refused to take no for an answer. The Alliance is already in talks with rival Jet Airways to induct the airline into this prestigious global airline grouping but AI is not going to be left behind.
So AI has written to the civil aviation ministry seeking its support in dealing with Star Alliance and eventually becoming a part of it. It has also written a letter to the Alliance itself last week, explaining why its membership should be considered. But will AI succeed? Why should Star Alliance now accept AI’s candidature when last year, it had rejected AI despite the airline having completed all formalities to join the Alliance?
“Air India is still looking to join Star Alliance and we feel that they must take us because our performance is better than ever and better than others……we are ready with all formalities and could join tomorrow. We are not looking at joining any other global airline grouping since Star Alliance suits us best,” Air India chairman and MD Rohit Nandan told Firstpost.
05/09/12 Sindhu Bhattacharya/First Post

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