Star Alliance
Star Alliance is an airline alliance founded in 1997 by five airlines. It is currently made up of 26 airlines from around the world. With 4,600 aircraft, Star Alliance operates some 18,500 flights daily to 1,300 airports in 192 countries (April 2018 data), making it the largest airline alliance in the world.
Star Alliance was the first multi-airline alliance and competes with Oneworld and SkyTeam.
History of Star Alliance
From 1997 to 1999: The first three years
On May 14, 1997, five airlines from three continents – United Airlines (now merged with Continental), Lufthansa, Air Canada, Thai Airways International and Scandinavian Airlines System – came together to create the first airline alliance, Star Alliance. The next day, May 15, 1997, the new alliance hired the services of the advertising agency Young & Rubicam Advertising to publicize the airline consortium, spending a total of $25 million. The five airlines began sharing the same logo and new tagline: "The Airline Network for Earth& #34; (in Spanish:"The airline network for Earth"), with the purpose of unifying the commercial image. Brazilian airline Varig joined the alliance in October of the same year.
In March 1999, the Australian airline Ansett Australia and the New Zealand airline Air New Zealand joined the alliance. Following the union of these two airlines, Star Alliance was serving 720 destinations in 110 countries with a fleet of 1,650 aircraft. On October 23, 1999, the Japanese airline All Nippon Airways joined.
That same year, the first direct rival of Star Alliance, the Oneworld airline alliance, founded by the airlines American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas, was also created.
Year 2000: The new millennium
The new millennium began with the admission of the Singaporean airline Singapore Airlines to membership on April 1, 2000. On July 1, 2000, the British airline BMI (formerly known as British Midland) and the Mexican airline, Mexicana de Aviación, joined the alliance, bringing the airline to 13 members. BMI's arrival in Star Alliance made London's Heathrow Airport the first airport at which two airlines from different airline alliances shared the same base, since this airport also serves as a base for British Airways.
The Austrian aeronautical group, Austrian Airlines Group, formed by the airlines Austrian Airlines, Tyrolean Airways and Lauda Air also joined in 2000. During that year, the Dubai airline Emirates, considered the entry into Star Alliance, but nevertheless, it opted not to join. Also in 2000, the now-defunct BWIA West Indies Airways which had an alliance with United Airlines considered becoming a member. However, BWIA never became part of the alliance.
From 2001 to 2006: Crisis in the aviation sector
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2001 marked the beginning of the crisis in the airline industry, which worsened after the attacks of September 11, 2001. In 2001, Ansett Australia became the first airline to leave the alliance, due to entry into bankruptcy thereof.
On March 1, 2003, the South Korean airline Asiana Airlines joined, LOT Polish Airlines in October, followed on May 1 by the Spanish airline Spanair.
In 2004 the airlines Croatia Airlines, Blue1 and Adria Airways inaugurated the regional network of the alliance. Also in 2004, the American airline US Airways joined the alliance after a negotiation process that began in June 2003. That same year, Mexicana de Aviación decided to leave Star Alliance, after not having renewed the flight agreement in codeshare with United Airlines.
On May 14, 2005, the Portuguese airline TAP Air Portugal was admitted as a member, adding new destinations on the African continent to the Star Alliance network. That same year US Airways and America West Airlines merge, whereby America West Airlines joins the alliance through a merger with an alliance member.
In 2006, South African Airways became the first airline from the African continent to join the Star Alliance. On April 7, 2006, following a ceremony in Zurich, Swiss International Air Lines joined the alliance.
On December 9 of the same year, an accession protocol was signed with THY (Turkish Airlines).
Year 2007: Tenth Anniversary
In May 2007, Star Alliance and its members celebrated the tenth anniversary of the airline alliance. Over the previous decade, Star Alliance had grown from five airlines to a total of seventeen airlines worldwide. Daily, Star Alliance members flew a total of 16,000 air routes to 855 destinations in 155 countries, serving 406 million passengers. passengers per year. As part of the anniversary, and to publicize the alliance, Star Alliance launched a promotion for its customers. In it prizes were raffled, such as tickets to go around the world, as well as cash prizes. This month, Star Alliance also announced Biosphere Connections, a relationship with three international organizations – UNESCO, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and Ramsar Convention On Wetlands – to promote good environmental practices.
That year, it also marked the first expulsion of an airline from the Star Alliance, when on January 31, 2007, the Brazilian airline Varig was expelled from the alliance, for failing to meet its obligations as a member of the alliance. December 12, 2007 two Chinese airlines became part of the alliance, Air China and Shanghai Airlines.
2008 to 2010: Alliance Expansion
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On April 1, 2008, the Turkish airline Turkish Airlines joined Star Alliance, after an 18-month integration process, which began in December 2006. The Egyptian airline, EgyptAir, also became part of Star Alliance on July 11 of the same year.
On October 27, 2009, Continental Airlines became a member of the alliance, having left SkyTeam on October 24. During the induction ceremony, held in New York, Jaan Albrecht, CEO of Star Alliance, said:
...The arrival of Continental Airlines to Star Alliance has been a unique experience. This is the first time that an airline has changed from one air alliance to another, and I would like to thank all the people involved in ensuring the transition.
At that time, it was rumored that Continental Airlines' abandonment of SkyTeam in favor of Star Alliance was the start of the merger plan between Continental and United Airlines. That same year, on December 9, 2009, the Belgian airline Brussels Airlines also became a member.
On May 13, 2010, the Brazilian airline TAM Airlines was admitted as a member, after a ceremony held in São Paulo. This new union was considered by the media as a clear strategy of Star Alliance to partner with airlines in emerging economies. On June 30, 2010, the Greek airline Aegean Airlines became part of the group.
On October 31, 2010, Shanghai Airlines left Star Alliance, motivated by the merger with China Eastern Airlines, which becomes a member of the airline alliance SkyTeam. On September 29, 2010, the executive committee of Star Alliance approved Ethiopian Airlines' proposal for membership. Admission, scheduled for September 2011, will add five new countries and 24 new destinations to the Star Alliance network.
By the end of the decade, Star Alliance was flying to 1,172 airports in 181 countries, with 21,200 air routes per day.
Expansion for 2011 and 2012
At the end of 2010, the Indian airline Air India delayed its entry into Star Alliance, with entry scheduled for the summer of 2011. Also in 2010, the Colombian airline Avianca, together with the Salvadoran airline TACA, were admitted to Star Alliance to enter in mid-2012.
Also the former member of SkyTeam, the Panamanian airline Copa Airlines was admitted to join Star Alliance in mid-2012.
On December 13, 2011, Ethiopian Airlines joined the Star Alliance airline network adding five new countries in Africa and 24 destinations. In early January 2012, Continental Airlines formally exited the alliance after finalizing its merger with United Airlines. Little time passed for another airline to leave the alliance, this occurs on January 27, 2012, since the Spanish airline Spanair left the alliance and ceased its operations. On March 29, 2012, Taiwanese airline EVA Air was accepted to be a future member of the alliance, awaiting its formal entry in 2013. On April 20, 2012, British Midland leaves the alliance due to its purchase by part of the airline firm IAG to the German Lufthansa. After these significant losses for the alliance, Star Alliance was left with a total of 25 airlines in its network as of April 2012.
On June 21, 2012, the airlines Avianca, TACA and Copa Airlines joined the Star Alliance network, thus consolidating their presence in Latin America and adding nearly 50 new airports to the network. This addition brought the network to 27 members offering more than 21,500 daily flights to 1,356 airports in 193 countries.
2013 and 2014: New Members
Around June 18, 2013, the Taiwanese airline Eva Air entered as a new member of the alliance, which added to the alliance a fleet of more than 60 aircraft and 70 destinations. By 2014, the airline Air India becomes a full member of the alliance and adds to it nearly 85 new destinations and a fleet of more than 100 aircraft including subsidiaries.
Airlines
Star Alliance consists of 27 airlines
Current Members
| Member | Date of entry | Afliated | Non-member filters |
|---|---|---|---|
| America | |||
 Avianca
| 2012 |  Avianca Costa Rica  Avianca El Salvador Avianca Ecuador Avianca Express Avianca Guatemala Avianca Honduras Avianca Argentina | - |
 Copa Airlines
| 2012 | Copa Airlines Colombia | Wingo
|
 Air Canada
| 1997 | Air Canada Express → Jazz Aviation → Sky Regional Airlines Air Canada Jetz Air Canada Rouge | - |
 United Airlines
| 1997 | United Express operated by: → Air Wisconsin → CommutAir → GoJet Airlines → Mesa Airlines → Republic Airways → SkyWest Airlines | - |
| Europe | |||
 Aegean Airlines
| 2010 | Olympic Air | - |
 Austrian Airlines
| 2000 | - | - |
.svg){kind=small} Brussels Airlines
| 2009 | - | - |
 Croatia Airlines
| 2004 | - | |
 LOT Polish Airlines
| 2003 |  Nordica | - |
 Lufthansa
| 1997 |  Air Dolomiti Lufthansa CityLine Lufthansa Regional | Eurowings Eurowings Europe
|
   Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
| 1997 |  Scandinavian Airlines Ireland |  Air Greenland |
 Swiss International Air Lines
| 2006 | - | Edelweiss Air
|
 TAP Air Portugal
| 2005 | TAP Express | - |
| Asia | |||
 Air China
| 2007 | - |  Air Macau Dalian Airlines |
 Air India
| 2014 | Alliance Air | Air India Express
|
 ANA
| 1999 | Air Japan ANA Wings | - |
 Asiana Airlines
| 2003 | - | Air Busan Air Seoul
|
 Eva Air
| 2013 | - | Uni Air
|
| Shenzhen Airlines
| 2012 | - | Kunming Airlines |
 Singapore Airlines
| 2000 | - | Scoot SilkAir
|
 Thai Airways International
| 1997 | Thai Smile | Nok Air
|
 Turkish Airlines
| 2008 | - |  Air Albania Anadolu Jet SunExpress
|
| Africa | |||
 EgyptAir
| 2008 | - | Air Cairo Air Sinai Smart Aviation Company
|
 Ethiopian Airlines
| 2011 | - |  ASKY Airlines  Ethiopian Mozambique Airlines  Malawian Airlines
|
 South African Airways
| 2006 | - | Airlink Mango
|
| Oceania | |||
 Air New Zealand
| 1999 | - | - |
Connectivity partners
| Allied | Date of agreement | Fleet size |
|---|---|---|
| Juneyao Airlines
| 2017 | 67 |
| Olympic Air
| 2018 | 12 |
Former members
| Former member | Income | Departure | Affiliated airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Ansett Australia
| 1999 | 2001 | Aeropelican Air Services Hazelton Airlines Kendell Airlines Skywest Airlines
|
.svg){kind=small} BMI | 2000 | 2012 | - |
 Mexicana | 2000 | 2004 | Aerocaribe
|
| Shanghai Airlines | 2007 | 2010 | China United Airlines
|
 Spanair | 2003 | 2012 | - |
 TAM Airlines
| 2010 | 2014 |  TAM Paraguay
|
| US Airways
| 2004 | 2014 | US Airways Express operated by: → Air Wisconsin → Chautauqua Airlines → Air Pendant → Mesa Airlines → PSA Airlines → Republic Airlines → Trans States Airlines US Airways Shuttle
|
| Varig | 1997 | 2006 | Northeast Rio Sul  PLUNA
|
 Adria Airways
| 2004 | 2019 | - |
- ^ a b c d Founding member
- ↑ Airlines operating under brands: Lufthansa Regional and United Express are not necessarily Star Alliance members. However, the flights are operated on behalf of the respective member airlines, carry code and are Star Alliance flights.
- ↑ They announced the intention to merge with Olympic Air in February 2010. Olympic Air will join the Star Alliance when the merger is produced.
- ↑ Date Error: Tag
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- ↑ He left the alliance in 2012 as he became the property of IAG union of British Airways and Iberia L.A.E., current members of Oneworld.
- ↑ He left the alliance in 2004 after making the decision not to renew the shared code alliance with United Airlines, opting to join American Airlines, and enter Oneworld on November 10, 2009
- ↑ He left the alliance in 2010 as a result of the union with China Eastern Airlines, current member of SkyTeam.
- ↑ Quebró en enero de 2012
- ↑ He left the alliance on March 30, 2014 to take part in Oneworld on March 31, 2014, as part of the merger process with LAN Airlines.
- ↑ He left the alliance on March 30, 2014, after merging with American Airlines, and entering Oneworld on March 31, 2014.
- ↑ Suspended its membership on 31 January 2007 for an internal restructuring, voluntarily
| Former affiliated airline | Income | Departure | Affiliated Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Canada Tango
| 2001 | 2004 | Air Canada
|
| Air Nova
| 1997 | 2001 | Air Canada
|
| Air Ontario
| 1997 | 2001 | Air Canada
|
| AeBal (experienced as Spanair Link)
| 2003 | 2008 | Spanair
|
| United Shuttle
| 1997 | 2001 | United Airlines
|
| Zip
| 2002 | 2004 | Air Canada
|
- ↑ United Shuttle stopped operations and became part of United Airlines.
Possible Members
| Airlines | Affiliates | Affinity with Star Alliance members |
|---|---|---|
| Norse Atlantic Airways | All members | |
| Flyr | All members | |
| Bonza | All members | |
| Flybondi | All members | |
 Iraqi Airways | All members | |
 Azerbaijan Airlines | Buta Airways | 2 Members |
.svg){kind=small} Air Austral | N/A | |
 Air Astana | FlyArystan | 3 Members |
| Air Caraïbes | French Bee | All members |
 Air Malta | 5 Members | |
| Blue Airline | Blue Connect | 4 Members |
 Caribbean Airlines | N/A | |
| JetBlue | 5 Members | |
 Gulf Air | 1 Member | |
 Lao Airlines | Thai Airways
| |
 Luxair | All members | |
| Ryanair | All members | |
| LIFT Airline | All members | |
 Ukraine International Airlines | 2 Member | |
 UTair Aviation | UTair Express Vostok | Turkish Airlines
|
 Yemen | All members |
Structural data
- No. of member airlines: 27
- Fleet: 4,244
- Number of employees: 483.337
- Passengers transported annually: 636.97 million
- US$ 177,306.45 million
- Daily departures: 21.050
- Number of airports: 1,167
- Number of VIP rooms: 980
- Flying countries: 186
Aircraft with commemorative Star Alliance fuselages
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Avianca
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Gallery
Bombardier CRJ-200 by Adria Airways (2009).
Asiana Airlines Boeing 767-300.
Airbus A330-343X from Air Canada (2008).
Air China A330-243 (2008).
Air China A330-243 (2009).
Air China A330-243 (2008).
A320 by Air New Zealand (2005).
Airbus A320-200 by TAP Air Portugal (2007).
Boeing 767 of All Nippon Airways (2006).
All Nippon Airways B767-381 (2007).
Airbus A330-200 from Avianca.
B767-300 from Austrian Airlines (2008).
B767-300 from Austrian Airlines (2009).
Continental Airlines B777-200 (2010).
Boeing 737-800 from Copa Airlines.
Croatia Airlines Airbus A320 (2008).
A330 from EgyptAir (2008).
A330 from EgyptAir (2009).
Brussels Airlines Airbus A319.
LOT Polish Airlines B767-300ER (2007).
Boeing 757-200 de Mexicana de Aviación (2003).
LOT Polish Airlines B767-300ER (2007).
A340 by Lufthansa (2004).
B747-400 by Lufthansa (2006).
Airbus A320 by TAM Linhas Aereas (2012).
Fokker 100 of Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air (2010).
Air India Boeing 787-8.
Scandinavian Airlines System Airbus A340-300 (2008).
Airbus A320 de bmi (2011).
Boeing 767-300 from Shanghai Airlines (2010).
Boeing 777-300 from Singapore Airlines.
B747-400 from Singapore Airlines (2007).
B747-400 from Singapore Airlines (2008).
Boeing 767 of Ethiopian Airlines.
Aegean Airlines Airbus A320.
South African Airways Airbus A340 (2006).
MD-82 of Spanair (2008).
A320-232 by Spanair (2005).
Eva Air's Boeing 777-300ER.
Swiss International Air Lines Avro RJ100 (2010).
Thai Airways International B747-400 (2006).
Thai Airways International B747-400 (2006).
A340-300 by Turkish Airlines (2010).
Airbus A320-200 from Shenzhen Airlines (2013).
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 of Varig.
Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-200 operated by TAME.
TACA Airlines Airbus A320-200.
United Airlines B777-200 (2008).
United Airlines B747-422 (2009).
Boeing 757-200 from United Airlines.
Boeing 757-200 from US Airways.
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