Star Alliance
Star Alliance is the world's first and largest airline alliance. Its headquarters are in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.[6] It was founded in 1999 by five airlines: Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International, Air Canada, Lufthansa, and United Airlines. Varig Brazilian Airlines was the first airline to join, in 1997. [7] In 2013, the alliance now has 28 member airlines with more than 21,100 daily departures combined. These flights fly to 1,329 airports in more than 150 countries, carrying 678.7 million passengers.
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| Launch date | 14 May 1997 |
|---|---|
| Full members | 26 |
| Non-voting members | 40 affiliates |
| Pending members | 0 |
| Destination airports | 1,294[1] |
| Destination countries | 195[2] |
| Annual passengers (M) | 762[2] |
| Annual RPK (G) | 1,739[1] |
| Fleet size | 5,033[1] |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany[3] |
| Management | Jeffrey Goh, CEO[4] Scott Kirby, Chairman[5] |
| Alliance slogan | The Way the Earth Connects. |
| Website | staralliance |
Members
| Member airline | Joined |
|---|---|
| 23x15px Aegean Airlines | 2010 |
| 23x15px Air Canada[A] | 1997 |
| 23x15px Air China | 2007 |
| 23x15px Air New Zealand | 1999 |
| 23x15px All Nippon Airways | 1999 |
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg Asiana Airlines | 2003 |
| 23x15px Austrian Airlines | 2000 |
| 23x15px Avianca | 2012 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Airlines | 2009 |
| 23x15px Copa Airlines | 2012 |
| 23x15px Croatia Airlines | 2004 |
| 23x15px EgyptAir | 2008 |
| 23x15px Ethiopian Airlines | 2011 |
| 23x15px EVA Air | 2013 |
| 23x15px LOT Polish Airlines | 2003 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Lufthansa[A] | 1997 |
| 23x15px 23x15px Scandinavian Airlines[A] 23x15px |
1997 |
| 23x15px Shenzhen Airlines | 2012 |
| 23x15px Singapore Airlines | 2000 |
| 23x15px South African Airways | 2006 |
| 23x15px Swiss International Air Lines | 2006 |
| File:Flag of Brazil.svg TAM Airlines[B] | 2010 |
| 23x15px TAP Portugal | 2005 |
| 23x15px Thai Airways International[A] | 1997 |
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkish Airlines | 2008 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United Airlines[A] | 1997 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg US Airways[C] | 2004 |
A Founding member.
B Left alliance on 30 March 2014 and moved to Oneworld with LAN Airlines.[8]
C Left alliance in early 2014 upon completion of merger with American Airlines.[9]
Past members
Star Alliance Media
- Star Alliance tails at Tokyo Narita Airport - Thai, United, Swiss and SAS.jpg
Four members of Star Alliance at Tokyo Narita Airport: Thai, United, Swiss and SAS (the latter is no longer part of the alliance)
- 9V-SWI@PEK (20180628091729).jpg
Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER in Star Alliance livery with white tail.
- JA8290 B767-381 ANA All Nippon Aws(Star All) ITM 25MAY03 (8502139845).jpg
A former All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300 wearing an earlier Star Alliance livery.
- N76021 JFK Taxiing Out 22R UA B777 224 ER Star Alliance Small - Flickr - MAB757200.png
United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER in Star Alliance livery.
- VT-ANU B788 Air India Star Alliance livery DME (2) (33259690292) (2).jpg
An Air India Boeing 787-8 in Star Alliance livery
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).