Frequent flyer partnerships are always a good thing, as they give members more ways to redeem their hard earned miles. A potentially valuable new collaboration has just been launched.
Continue reading: Qatar Airways & RwandAir Launch Frequent Flyer Partnership
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Does this potentially herald anything for a OW/RwandaAir tieup? OW still badly needs a subsaharan African carrier, even a small one like Rwanda.
(And yes, nominally there's comair, but I'm talking about an airline that flies and can also get you out of southern africa.)
There aren't a lot of large airlines in East Africa. The others, EgyptAir, Ethiopian, and Kenya are already in alliances. RwandAir could be a good fit in oneworld.
To me, this can only mean one thing: Qatar Airways will soon buy Rwandair in a long term plan to build-up intra-African competition against Ethiopian. Sort of a similar deal as Ethiopian buying/creating Asky Airways.
This is a logical next step since Qatar Airways has already agreed to buy a stake in Rwandair.