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Line 65: ====First additional members==== [[File:Finnair, Airbus A350-900 OH-LWB 'One World' NRT (35926228120).jpg\|thumb\|[[Finnair]] became Oneworld's first recruit following the alliance's foundation.]] [[Finnair]], [[Finland]]'s largest airline and [[flag carrier]], was the alliance's first new recruit on 9 December ~~1999~~1998.<ref name="AY">{{cite press release\|title=Finnair to fly on board oneworld\|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1552\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130223321/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1552\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=30 January 2013\|publisher=Oneworld\|date=9 December 1998\|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> The alliance welcomed [[Iberia (airline)\|Iberia]], Spain's flag carrier, as its second recruit on 15 February 1999.<ref name="IB">{{cite press release\|title=oneworld welcomes Iberia on board\|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1272\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130184037/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1272\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=30 January 2013\|publisher=oneworld\|date=15 February 1999\|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> Both airlines, together with Iberia's franchisee, [[Air Nostrum\|Iberia Regional Air Nostrum]], joined the alliance on 1 September 1999, adding more than 50 destinations to the Oneworld network.<ref name="AYIB">{{cite press release\|title=Finnair and Iberia board oneworld\|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1556\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131021653/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1556\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=31 January 2013\|publisher=oneworld\|date=31 August 1999\|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> On 19 May 1999, [[LATAM Chile\|LAN Chile]] became a member-elect, the alliance's first representative from Latin America. LanChile's two subsidiaries, [[LATAM Express\|LAN Express]] and [[LATAM Perú\|LAN Perú]], would also join the alliance.<ref name="LA">{{cite press release\|title=LanChile welcomed as newest member of '''one'''world\|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1274\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131012831/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1274\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=31 January 2013\|publisher=oneworld\|date=19 May 1999\|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> Irish flag carrier [[Aer Lingus]] was formally elected on board and confirmed as the ninth member of the alliance on 2 December 1999.<ref name="EI">{{cite press release\|title=AerLingus to join '''one'''world\|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1275\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131020556/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1275\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=31 January 2013\|publisher=oneworld\|date=2 December 1999\|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref> As LanChile and Aer Lingus joined on 1 June 2000, Canadian Airlines International left the alliance, following the airline's purchase by [[Air Canada]], a member of the rival [[Star Alliance]].<ref name="LAEI">{{cite press release\|title=LanChile and Aer Lingus board the "alliance that revolves around you"\|url=http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1561\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130180805/http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=1561\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=30 January 2013\|publisher=oneworld\|date=31 May 2000\|access-date=6 August 2009}}</ref>

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