Oneworld board members elected American Airlines CEO Tom Horton the alliance's chairman, replacing former AMR CEO Gerard Arpey.

According to Oneworld CEO Bruce Ashby, "Tom offered to hand over the baton as Oneworld chairman from American Airlines to one of our other airlines but the unanimous view was that the alliance would benefit greatly at this time from the continuity in our leadership that Tom represents while at the same time underlining the commitment of Oneworld to American while it undergoes its restructuring."