Jal Chooses To Stay With American Airlines

Andrea Ahles Japan Airlines officially announced on Tuesday that it has chosen to stay part of American Airlines' Oneworld alliance, rejecting an offer to switch to Delta Air Lines' SkyTeam group.The news ends several months of speculation, $1 billion-plus investment offers and anti-trust immunity comments on who the bankrupt Asian carrier was going to choose.Fort Worth-based American's chief executive officer Gerard Arpey said he had recently met with JAL's chairman Kazuo Inamori and the two carriers will now focus on building a joint venture."We believe they have made the rig