Jumped the gun a bit there Greekdude, Qantas have applied to buy a stake in ANZ, however, Virgin Blue and regulators are having their say in the matter first before its approval. Regulators and Virgin say that it will kill competition in the Australia-New Zealand market though Virgin Blue has made a concession that ANZ sell Freedom Air and give up check in desks at Auckland.

Anyway there is a few links below.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-qantas25nov25,0,1495825.story?coll=la-headlines-business

http://www.noqantas.co.nz/

“one of 2 carriers in the S. Pacific, ANZ; the 2 carriers based at the 2 hubs that join that S. Pacific”

Then again Qantas has 22.5% of ANZ. You cannot believe they will both just co-exist considering they would be ferrying passengers to seperate alliances? BA shows no intentions of selling its share in Qantas, therefore you would probably see ANZ going to Oneworld giving them the stronghold in Oceanic regions and the trans-pacific routes compared to Star.

CSA is with SkyTeam so it would not be them. I was thinking along the lines of Croatian or Adria in the future as Star looks towards medium sized carriers.
With Emirates I would very much doubt it as they have said that they do not want to join any alliance. For Star you would turn more towards Qatar or Gulf Air as we discussed earlier.

Nevertheless, I would prefer Emirates as a prestigious carrier to go Oneworld’s way (if they were ever interested), now that would be the jewel in the crown :p

Yeah it is good for Star, will give them a good advantage with the US destinations plus better access to the Caribbean. Anyone else think some other airlines might be announched as well to join, we know Air China though maybe someone else as well, I am thinking possibly Eastern Europe?