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The alliance had the biggest expansion in its history in 2007 when Japan Airlines, Malév and Royal Jordanian joined as full members, while Cathay Pacific's subsidiary Dragonair, five subsidiaries of Japan Airlines and two subsidiaries of LAN joined as affiliate members. In 2009, Oneworld celebrated its 10th anniversary with the introduction of a new standard Oneworld livery, that all of its member airlines adopted on a proportion of their fleets; and a special version of its logo. By July 2010, Oneworld and its members elect reached over 819 destinations in 142 countries, including announced destinations but not yet commenced. It operates over 8,700 daily flights, carrying 307 million passengers on a combined fleet of over 2,300 aircraft. It is the only alliance that has members based in every continent, and has extensive networks in Australia and Asia's Middle East with Qantas and Royal Jordanian, respectively. Since late 2002, Oneworld member airlines have developed common specifications across their engineering and maintenance activities, reducing costs through bulk buying and parts sharing. It was also the first airline alliance to introduce interline e-ticketing across all member airlines' network. Oneworld was voted the world's Best Airline Alliance in the 2002, 2004 and 2005 Business Traveller Awards. The alliance was also named the World's Leading Airline Alliance for the seventh consecutive year in the 2009 World Travel Awards and the world's Best Airline Alliance in the World Airline Awards 2010 by Skytrax. |
