1. Characteristics of the airline industry and alliances
2. Alliancing objectives
3. The dynamics of interdependence
4. Alliancing life : talking to the practitioners
5. Competing with the alliance : strategy options of independents
6. Marketing airline alliances : the branded alliance
7. The effect of strategic alliances on performance
8. Extraction of financial benefits by alliance partners
9. Challenges to federation governance
10. Success and failure factors of airline alliances
11. A look into the future.