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Oneworld Alliance is one of the three largest airline alliances in the world, along with Star Alliance and SkyTeam. While still the smallest in terms of members, prolonged Covid issues in Asia, where SkyTeam does a significant chunk of its businesses, has seen Oneworld rise to the number two spot in terms of revenue. The group made a total of $6.7bn in 2021.

Hundreds of Moroccan soccer fans desperate to reach Qatar to watch their team become the first from an Arab or African country play in a World Cup semi-final were left stranded on Wednesday as Morocco’s airline scrapped several extra flights.

Good morning from Skift. It’s Thursday, November 3. Here’s what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Six travel tech startups reported raising nearly $49 million this week.

Emirates has announced it will reduce service between Dubai and almost half its destinations in the U.S. Flights to Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles will be reduced from two per day to one, and daily flights to Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale will be reduced to five per week each. The total number of weekly flights cut comes to 25.

How much of a hit has air travel taken during the COVID-19 pandemic? The short answer: Like nothing anyone has seen before. Even airline experts with long memories can’t remember a comparable impact of some critical event. Yes, 9/11 stopped air travel cold, but the immediate effect lasted weeks, not months. And the nation had a visible system in place—TSA screening—squarely aimed at preventing similar events in the future.