American Airlines' Tom Horton elected oneworld Chairman

The Governing Board of oneworld, the premier global airline alliance, has elected American Airlines Chairman, President and Chief Executive Tom Horton as its Chairman. He takes on the role from Gerard Arpey, whom he succeeded at the helm of the alliance’s US partner late last month following Mr Arpey’s decision to retire from the carrier. Mr. Horton will act as “first among equals” of the chief executives of the group’s member airlines, leading oneworld as the alliance undergoes its biggest expansion in five years with the addition in 2012 of airberlin, Kingfisher Airlines and Malaysia Airlines.