SkyTeam
SkyTeam is the world's second largest airline alliance. Its headquarters are on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol near Amsterdam, Netherlands. SkyTeam was founded or established in 2000 by five airlines, Aeroméxico, Air France, Delta Air Lines, and Korean Air. It was the last of the three major airline alliances to be established after Star Alliance and Oneworld. Though it was the last of three airline alliances to be established it is second only behind Star Alliance by number of passengers and number of member airlines. As of December 2013, SkyTeam is made up of 19 airlines from five continents, and operates with the slogan "Caring more about you".[6]
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| Launch date | 22 June 2000 |
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| Full members | 19 |
| Destination airports | 1,150+[1] |
| Destination countries | 175[2] |
| Annual passengers (M) | 630[3] |
| Fleet size | 3,054 |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands |
| Management |
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| Alliance slogan | Caring more about you[1] |
| Website | www |
SkyTeam flies to more than 1,000 destinations in 178 countries, and operates some 15,200 daily flights with a combined fleet of over 4,300 aircraft, including associate carriers. As of June 2013[update], the alliance and its members had a total workforce of 452,590; furthermore, it had 530 lounges worldwide to serve 569 million annual passengers.[6]
Members
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| Member airline[7] | Joined |
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 Aeroflot
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14 April 2006 |
 Aerolíneas Argentinas
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29 August 2012 |
 Aeroméxico[A] |
22 June 2000 |
 Air Europa
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4 September 2007 |
 Air France[A] |
22 June 2000 |
 ITA Airways
|
29 October 2021 |
 China Airlines
|
28 September 2011 |
 China Eastern Airlines
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21 June 2011 |
 Czech Airlines
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25 March 2001 |
 Delta Air Lines[A] |
22 June 2000 |
 Kenya Airways
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4 September 2007 |
 KLM[A] |
13 September 2004 |
 Korean Air[A] |
22 June 2000 |
 Middle East Airlines
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28 June 2012 |
 Saudia
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29 May 2012 |
 TAROM
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25 June 2010 |
 Vietnam Airlines
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10 June 2010 |
| XiamenAir
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21 November 2012 |
A Founding member.
Past members
SkyTeam Media
An Alitalia Boeing 767-300ER in SkyTeam special livery on approach to Fiumicino Airport in 2009.
A Vietnam Airlines Airbus A350-900 XWB sporting the SkyTeam special livery at Taoyuan International Airport.
A TAROM Boeing 737-700 in SkyTeam special livery on short final to Brussels Airport in 2011.
Czech Airlines Boeing 737–500 in SkyTeam special livery in 2012.
Membership of Xiamen Airlines was activated in November 2012.
A Saudia Airbus A330-300 taxing for takeoff at Atatürk Airport wearing the SkyTeam livery.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SkyTeam Alliance – About Us – SkyTeam". skyteam.com.
- ↑ Fact & Figures. SkyTeam. http://www.skyteam.com/en/about/.
- ↑ "SkyTeam FACTSHEET Summer 2017 Archived 2021-07-09 at the Wayback Machine." SkyTeam FACTSHEET Summer 2017. Retrieved on 10 May 2019.
- ↑ "Management". SkyTeam. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ Walker, Karen (3 June 2016). Delta exec appointed SkyTeam CEO. Air Transport World. http://atwonline.com/iata-agm-2018/delta-exec-appointed-skyteam-ceo.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Fact Sheet" (PDF). SkyTeam. 22 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
- ↑ "SkyTeam members". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
- ↑ MacLennan, Alexander (11 November 2013). "The Alitalia Story Continues -". The Motley Fool.
- ↑ "Continental Airlines leaves SkyTeam for Star Alliance - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
- ↑ "Copa Airlines to leave Skyteam". Business Traveller.
- ↑ "Delta and Northwest Announce Merger". 15 April 2008.
Other websites
- Official website of SkyTeam Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine