Qatar Airways will become a full member of one world® with effect from Wednesday 30 October 2013, adding one of the world’s fastest growing and most highly rated airlines to the world’s leading quality airline alliance.

Qatar Airways is one of just seven carriers worldwide rated five-star by the Skytrax airline quality agency and the organisation’s Airline of the Year 2011 and 2012 and runner-up 2013.

It received clearance to board one world after successfully completing a thorough review of its readiness, conducted by British Airways, which is sponsoring Qatar Airways’ entry into the alliance, with one world’s central team.

Qatar Airways completes its one world implementation programme just one year after receiving its invitation to join, announced at a press conference in the alliance’s New York home in October 2012. This will make its induction into one world one of the fastest in the alliance’s history. Normally it takes around 18 months for any airline to be readied to enter any alliance.

From its first flights on Wednesday, 30 October, Qatar Airways will offer one world’s full range of services and benefits.

From then, the 3 million members of Qatar Airways’ Privilege Club loyalty programme will enjoy frequent flyer privileges whenever they fly with any one world member airline, which include leading brands from each global region – airberlin, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines and some 30 affiliated airlines. This includes earning and redeeming Qmiles for awards and earning Qpoints for tier status when flying with all these airlines.

Also from 30 October, the 130 million members of the established one world airlines’ frequent flyer programmes will be able to earn and redeem awards and tier status points and receive all other one world benefits on Qatar Airways.

Qatar Airways is already participating in Global Explorer, the round-the-world fare offered by all one world members and various airlines that are not part of the alliance. When it becomes part of one world, Qatar Airways’ network – serving 130 destinations in 70 countries across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australasia – will be covered by the full and extensive range of one world fare and sales products.

More than 20 of its destinations and five countries – Ethiopia, Iran, Rwanda, Serbia and Tanzania – will be new to the one world map.