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====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
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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