Editing Oneworld (section)

====First additional members====
[[File:Finnair, Airbus A350-900 OH-LWB 'One World' NRT (35926228120).jpg|thumb|[[Finnair]] became Oneworld's first recruit following the alliance's foundation.]]
[[Finnair]], [[Finland]]'s largest airline and [[flag carrier]], was the alliance's first new recruit on 9 December 1998.<ref name="AY">{{cite press release|title=Finnair to fly on board oneworld|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1552|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130223321/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1552|archive-date=30 January 2013|website=Oneworld|date=9 December 1998|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> The alliance welcomed [[Iberia (airline)|Iberia]], Spain's flag carrier, as its second recruit on 15 February 1999.<ref name="IB">{{cite press release|title=oneworld welcomes Iberia on board|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1272|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130184037/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1272|archive-date=30 January 2013|website=Oneworld|date=15 February 1999|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> Both airlines, together with Iberia's franchisee, [[Air Nostrum|Iberia Regional Air Nostrum]], joined the alliance on 1 September 1999, adding more than 50 destinations to the Oneworld network.<ref name="AYIB">{{cite press release|title=Finnair and Iberia board oneworld|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1556|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131021653/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1556|archive-date=31 January 2013|website=Oneworld|date=31 August 1999|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref>

On 19 May 1999, [[LATAM Chile|LAN Chile]] became a member-elect, the alliance's first representative from Latin America. LanChile's two subsidiaries, [[LATAM Express|LAN Express]] and [[LATAM Perú|LAN Perú]], would also join the alliance.<ref name="LA">{{cite press release|title=LanChile welcomed as newest member of '''one'''world|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1274|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131012831/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1274|archive-date=31 January 2013|website=Oneworld|date=19 May 1999|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> Irish flag carrier [[Aer Lingus]] was formally elected on board and confirmed as the ninth member of the alliance on 2 December 1999.<ref name="EI">{{cite press release|title=AerLingus to join '''one'''world|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1275|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131020556/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1275|archive-date=31 January 2013|website=Oneworld|date=2 December 1999|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> As LanChile and Aer Lingus joined on 1 June 2000, Canadian Airlines left the alliance, following the airline's purchase by [[Air Canada]], a member of the rival [[Star Alliance]].<ref name="LAEI">{{cite press release|title=LanChile and Aer Lingus board the "alliance that revolves around you"|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1561|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130180805/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1561|archive-date=30 January 2013|website=Oneworld|date=31 May 2000|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref>

[[Swiss International Air Lines]] (Swiss) accepted an invitation to join Oneworld in September 2003, after signing a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MOU) on 23 September 2003 to establish a wide-ranging commercial agreement with British Airways.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Swiss International to join '''one'''world airline alliance|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1282|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908074428/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1282|archive-date=8 September 2012|website=Oneworld|date=23 September 2003|access-date=7 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=BA and Swiss Agree Commercial Pact|url=http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_swiss/media/press_releases/2003/Pages/pr_20030923.aspx|website=[[Swiss International Air Lines]]|date=23 September 2003|access-date=7 August 2009|archive-date=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725102310/http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_swiss/media/press_releases/2003/Pages/pr_20030923.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Swiss later decided not to proceed with key elements of its agreement with British Airways and was therefore released from its commitment to join Oneworld;<ref>{{cite press release|title=Swiss Elects Not to Join '''one'''world|url=http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_swiss/media/press_releases/2004/Pages/pr_20040603.aspx|website=Swiss International Air Lines|date=3 June 2004|access-date=7 August 2009|archive-date=24 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024214511/http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/about_swiss/media/press_releases/2004/Pages/pr_20040603.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title='''one'''world releases Swiss International Air Lines from its commitment to join the global alliance|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=2066|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131053438/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=2066|archive-date=31 January 2013|website=Oneworld|date=3 June 2004|access-date=7 August 2009}}</ref> it was taken over by [[Lufthansa]] in 2005 and joined [[Star Alliance]] in 2006.