*Talks between the British Airports Authority (BAA) and Star Alliance are still going on despite the latter's rejection of the latest plan for its accommodation at Heathrow.
A spokeswoman for the BAA said the chief executives of the 15 Alliance members had asked for “more clarity” on the proposal after they refused to sign a memorandum of understanding with the UK airports company.
She added that she expected a deal would go through soon.
BAA offered the Alliance, whose members include United, Lufthansa, ANA and BMI, use of Terminal One from 2008.
The terminal is currently used mainly by BA but the UK carrier is due to move into the airport's new £4.2bn Terminal Five in March of that year.
But Star member chief executives complained that BA, which is the largest carrier at Heathrow, was getting more favourable treatment from the BAA than their airlines were.
They have asked for facilities on a par with BA which is a member of the rival Oneworld alliance.
* Jaan Albrecht, chief executive of Star Alliance said that its corporate travel product Star Alliance Corporate Plus would generate €1.5bn in 2004.Speaking at a board meeting of its members' chief executives in Bangkok, he said: “We have already consolidated and signed 35 global agreements with companies doing €1.5bn in business with our member carriers.
“We've had three years of experience in simplifying the procurement of corporate travel by offering qualified clientele one point of contact, one agreement and one set of reports. And that know-how is paying huge dividends.”
* At the Bangkok meeting the Alliance also announced that the rolling out of its global interline e-ticket product would be completed by August 2005.