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Biggest Airline Alliance Emerges Today Three more airlines have joined the SkyTeam Alliance, making it the leading collaboration in the aviation industry as Continental Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines today become full members of the world's fastest growing airline alliance. A statement by KLM's Marketing Manager, Nigeria, Folakemi Akinyele, reports the SkyTeam Governing Board as saying that passengers will be able to accrue and redeem frequent flyer miles interchangeably on any of the nine member airlines. With the addition of the three new members, SkyTeam now serves 341 million passengers with 14,320 daily departures to 658 global destinations in more than 130 countries. SkyTeam's Governing Board said, "the entry of Continental, KLM and Northwest into the alliance marks the single largest airline integration in aviation history and an important milestone for global airline customers". The airline was launched in 2000. The three new carriers add to SkyTeam's extensive network of hubs and destination cities, allowing member airlines to provide their passengers more travel options. Together, the three new members add 10 additional hub locations and 141 new destinations to the alliance's roster, strengthening SkyTeam's reach in all key travel regions. In addition to more travel options, SkyTeam member airlines will provide customers greater recognition in terms of frequent flyer mileage accrual and redemption possibilities, all with consistent, high quality service. Effective today, passengers travelling with any of the nine member airlines can earn miles towards SkyTeam Elite status and redeem miles on any of the nine airline members. On the ground, SkyTeam Elite Plus passengers have access to an additional 62 state-of-the-art airport lounges with amenities to make travel easier-bringing the total number of airport lounges to more than 390. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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