It seems that the entry of Air India into Star Alliance continues to drag along at a snails pace, and has been put back again to 2011.
This is due to the merging of Air India and Indian Airlines, with all system taking their own sweet time to merge.
Originally invited into Star Alliance in 2007, this now drags the process into a four year integration into the alliance,
Whilst unfortunate, Air India needs to to look around itself as it’s rivals are starting to pair up and buddy off with other alliances – Kingfisher is heading to OneWorld and Jet Airways is very pro-OneWorld too.
For Star Alliance who a desperate to get into the Indian subcontinent, this represents yet another long term blow for them in the region who had hoped to have agreements and services running by now.
