BRAZIL’S TAM Airlines will leave Star Alliance to join oneworld, along with its Paraguay subsidiary. Their transition is expected to be completed during 2014’s second quarter.
LAN Colombia, the latest part of LAN, will also join oneworld as an affiliate member in the fourth quarter of 2013.
With Chile’s LAN Airlines flying as a full member of oneworld since June 2000 and LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru added since as affiliate members, the decision will bring all of LATAM Airlines Group’s passenger airlines into the same global alliance.
LATAM Airlines Group is the new name given to LAN Airlines as a result of its merger with TAM.
An exact date for TAM’s departure from Star Alliance will be announced in due course.
