Oneworld alliance adds Hong Kong's Dragonair

The oneworld air alliance, led by American Airlines and British Airways, said Hong Kong's Dragonair will join the alliance Nov. 1. That will allow American AAdvantage customers to earn and redeem miles on Dragonair.

AA doesn't fly to Hong Kong, but serves it through Cathay Pacific, another oneworld partner. Dragonair's addition will add several Chinese cities to the oneworld map: Chongqing, Changsha, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Haikou, Kunming, Guilin, Ningbo, Nanjing, Shenyang, Sanya, and Wuhan.

Dragonair (right, at a 2005 ceremony in China) will also add Kota Kinabulu, Malaysia; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; and Phuket, Thailand, to the "alliance map," oneworld said.

-- Scott