Star Alliance

Star Alliance
Launch date	14 May 1997; 29 years ago
Full members	26
Non-voting members	40 affiliates
Pending members	0
Destination airports	1,294
Destination countries	195
Annual passengers (M)	762
Annual RPK (G)	1,739
Fleet size	5,033
Headquarters	Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Management	Jeffrey Goh, CEO ; Scott Kirby, Chairman
Alliance slogan	The Way the Earth Connects.
Website	staralliance.com

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.

Members

Member airline	Joined
Aegean Airlines	2010
Air Canada^[A]	1997
Air China	2007
Air India	2014
Air New Zealand	1999
All Nippon Airways	1999
Asiana Airlines	2003
Austrian Airlines	2000
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Avianca	2012
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brussels Airlines	2009
Copa Airlines	2012
Croatia Airlines	2004
EgyptAir	2008
Ethiopian Airlines	2011
EVA Air	2013
LOT Polish Airlines	2003
Lufthansa^[A]	1997
Scandinavian Airlines^[A]	1997
Shenzhen Airlines	2012
Singapore Airlines	2000
South African Airways	2006
Swiss International Air Lines	2006
File:Flag of Brazil.svg TAM Airlines^[B]	2010
TAP Portugal	2005
Thai Airways International^[A]	1997
Turkish Airlines	2008
United Airlines^[A]	1997
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]

Four members of Star Alliance at Narita Airport in April 2012: Thai, United, Swiss and SAS (the airlines that later is no longer a part of the alliance)
A former Lufthansa A340-200 in the first Star Alliance livery.
A former All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300 wearing the second Star Alliance livery.
An Air India Boeing 787-8 in the present-day Star Alliance livery.
A former Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200ER in its former Star Alliance livery: note the tail still shows the Singapore Airlines logo.
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER in its recent Star Alliance livery: note the white tail with the Star Alliance logo.
An Air New Zealand Airbus A321neo registered ZK-OYB wearing a full black Star Alliance livery.
An SAS A320neo in regular livery showing the Star Alliance logo behind the cockpit windows.


Launch date	14 May 1997; 29 years ago (1997-05-14)
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.com