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.
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 |
---|---|
Aegean Airlines | 2010 |
Air Canada[A] | 1997 |
Air China | 2007 |
Air New Zealand | 1999 |
All Nippon Airways | 1999 |
Asiana Airlines | 2003 |
Austrian Airlines | 2000 |
Avianca | 2012 |
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 |
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]
Past members
Star Alliance Media
Four United Airlines planes at San Francisco International Airport. One is painted in the Star Alliance special livery.
Four members of Star Alliance at Tokyo Narita Airport: Thai, United, Swiss and SAS
A Thai Airways International Boeing 747-400 in Star Alliance livery.
A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER in Star Alliance livery (with tail painted in white).
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Star Alliance livery on final approach to London Heathrow Airport.
An Egyptair Boeing 737-800 in Star Alliance livery on final approach to Düsseldorf Airport.
An Air China A350-900 in Star Alliance livery (with Air China's logo under Star Alliance's logo at the tail, which is very similar to the SkyTeam livery used on China Eastern Airlines, Xiamen Air, and former member China Southern Airlines).
An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in Star Alliance livery taking off from Beijing Capital International Airport.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Star Alliance Facts & Figures". Star Alliance. August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Star Alliance Facts and Figures". Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ↑ "Impressum". Star Alliance. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "Star Alliance Management". www.staralliance.com.
- ↑ "Scott Kirby Elected New Chairman of Star Alliance Chief Executive Board". www.staralliance.com.
- ↑ "Impressum". Star Alliance. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- ↑ "Home" (PDF).
- ↑ "LAN Colombia joins Oneworld; TAM to join March 31, 2014". ATW Online. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ↑ "US Airways promises 'quick' exit from Star Alliance". USA Today. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ "Star Alliance: what Australian frequent flyers need to know". Australian Business Traveller.
- ↑ "Blue 1 to leave Star Alliance by end of November". ch-aviation.
- ↑ garyleff (20 April 2012). "bmi's Exit from Star Alliance and Transferring Points and Status with British Airways". View from the Wing.
- ↑ "Continental - Welcome to Star Alliance!". UnRoadWarrior. 27 October 2009.
- ↑ Robinson, Peter; Luck, Michael; Smith, Stephen L.J.; Lackey, Michael (2013). Tourism. CABI. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-78064-297-0.
- ↑ "Google". www.google.com.
- ↑ "America.pink".
- ↑ "Pressure mounts on Star and SkyTeam to secure Brazilian members as TAM confirms switch to oneworld". CAPA - Centre for Aviation.
- ↑ "TAM will switch from Star Alliance to oneworld in March". USA TODAY.
- ↑ Konsko, Lindsay (30 March 2014). "US Airways Joins Oneworld on March 31 - Book Your Star Alliance Partner Flight Now!". NerdWallet.
- ↑ "Brazil's Varig dismissed from Star Alliance". Financial Times.