How American and their partners are conquerring the market to Oceania and Australia

Fort Worth-based carrier American Airlines has conquered the market in Oceania. It hasn't done it by flying to so many destinations, but rather by making partnerships. They have partnerships with Fiji Airways, with them merging into American's loyalty program earlier this year, in addition to a codeshare agreement with Air Tahiti/Air Tahiti Nui, and they have a longtime Oneworld partner, Qantas, who they codeshare with, and in addition, they have an upgrade agreement for frequent fliers. With all three of these partnerships, American has frequent flier benefits, mileage ticket availability (on flights operated by these airlines), codeshare agreements, and the possibility to earn miles on either airline's flights. Because of these 3 partnerships, American has access to connect people to the most destinations in Oceania via mainline and partner operations. United has ten direct flights from the U.S., Delta has two, and American has up to 14 flights a day if you include their partnerships. This doesn't even cover all of the destinations via connections American and its partners have to offer. Qantas alone offers over 85 destinations direct from its hubs and has more to come. Over 55 of those are in Australia. While United's partner Virgin Australia offers 35-38 a year, that is still far less than Qantas, giving American and its three partners a huge advantage in terms of destination counts.