LAN-TAM merger upsets the oneworld-Star Alliance balance in Latin America. The quest for El Dorado
The proposed merger between Latin America’s two main network airlines, LAN and TAM, will set in train another scramble between their respective alliances, oneworld and Star Alliance – much in the same way as occurred when it appeared that Japan Airlines might defect from oneworld to Star following the Japanese flag carrier’s bankruptcy in Jan-2010.
