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Star Alliance
Launch date14 May 1997
Full members28
Pending members2
Destination airports1,077
Destination countries181
Annual passengers (M)623.53
Annual RPK (G)990.24
Fleet size4,022
HeadquartersFrankfurt, Germany
ManagementJaan Albrecht (CEO)
Alliance sloganThe Way The Earth Connects
Websitewww.staralliance.com


Star Alliance is the world's first and largest airline alliance. Founded in 1997, its name and emblem represent the five founding airlines, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International and United Airlines. Star Alliance has since grown considerably and now has 28 member airlines. Star Alliance is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.[1]

The CEO of the alliance since 2001 is Jaan Albrecht, who began his aviation career in 1973 as a pilot for Mexicana Airlines. In 2010, he was named the winner of the Tony Jannus Award for distinguished leadership in the field of commercial aviation.[2]

Customer service

Codeshare flights between these airlines are, for the most part, seamless. This tight cooperation led to suspicions of anti-competitive behaviour, and the alliance was investigated by the European Union as a virtual merger of its members. Indeed, some speculated that if government regulations were relaxed, the members would merge into a single corporation,[3] although no evidence has yet materialized. Prior to Star Alliance, Northwest Airlines and KLM were operating together as the forerunners of the modern airline alliance system since 1993, although there had been even earlier pairings and groupings of airlines for decades on a less formal level. The creation of Star Alliance was a milestone in airline history because of its size. It sparked the formation of rivals, notably SkyTeam and Oneworld.

The alliance developed the "Regional" concept in 2004, which helped Star Alliance penetrate individual markets with the regional participation of smaller carriers. Regional Star Alliance members had to be sponsored by an existing full Star Alliance member. However, Star Alliance has stopped designating airlines as "Regional" members and now refers to all the 28 airlines as just "members".[4]

Star Alliance members now fly over 21,200 daily flights to 1,172 airports in 181 countries with a fleet of 4,025 aircraft. Its members carried a total of 627.52 million passengers with a turnover of US$156.8 billion. The alliance's market share is 28% of the global market based on revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), which is greater than the combined market share of all airlines that are not in any of the three major alliances. All Star Alliance carriers combined employ over 405,000 pilots, flight attendants, and other staff. Star Alliance was voted best airline alliance in the Skytrax 2007 World Airline Awards.[5]

Membership history

Star Alliance member hubs and co-location

Star Alliance member hubs

Co-location (move under one roof)

Star Alliance members SAS, Lufthansa, Austrian (with Star Alliance livery), and Air China (in the field) using Terminal 3-E of Beijing Capital International Airport as part of the Move Under One Roof program to co-locate alliance members.

Logo on aircraft

Some Star Alliance members paint some of their planes with the Star Alliance livery, usually featuring a white fuselage with "Star Alliance" signature written across and a black tailfin with the Star Alliance logo. Some member airlines including Air New Zealand, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines have opted to paint the tails of their aircraft with their airline logo. Asiana Airlines was the first Star Alliance member to paint their aircraft in the current Star Alliance livery.[19] Aircraft painted in the airlines' own livery have the Star Alliance logo painted behind the cockpit. The Star Alliance logo has a diameter of approximately 70 cm (28 in).[citation needed]

Member airlines

Starting in 2004, Star Alliance has divided its member airlines into full members and regional members. Before being accepted as a regional member, airline must be sponsored by a full member. Full members may have some affiliate airlines (that either are owned by or are in a contractual relationship with a Star Alliance full member). Affiliate airlines fall under full member umbrella in respect to the Star Alliance rules, policies and benefits. All of the affiliate airlines grant Star Alliance frequent flyer benefits, and usually feature the Star Alliance logo on their aircraft, public relation materials and advertisement. In some cases (such as Air New Zealand Link airlines, Swiss European Air Lines, and BMI Regional) the branding of the parent full member may be so strong that passengers are unaware of the affiliate's independent existence.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines, one of the founding members of Star Alliance
TAM Linhas Aéreas, one of the latest members of Star Alliance.

Full members and their member & non-member affiliates

Member Airline Country Joined Affiliates Non-member Affiliates
Adria Airways  Slovenia
2004
 -
Aegean Airlines 9  Greece
2010
 -
Air Canada1  Canada
1997
 Canada Air Canada Jazz
Canada Air Canada Jetz
Canada Air Georgian		 -
Air China  China
2007
 - China Shandong Airlines
China Shenzhen Airlines7
Air New Zealand  New Zealand
1999
 New Zealand Air New Zealand Link operated by:
→ New Zealand Air Nelson
→ New Zealand Eagle Airways
→ New Zealand Mount Cook Airline		 -
All Nippon Airways  Japan
1999
 Japan Air Central
Japan Air Japan
Japan Air Next
Japan Air Nippon		 -
Asiana Airlines  South Korea
2003
 - South Korea Air Busan
Austrian Airlines  Austria
2000
 Austria Austrian Arrows (Tyrolean Airways)
Austria Lauda Air
Blue1  Finland
2004
 -
BMI  United Kingdom
2000
 United Kingdom BMI Regional United Kingdom BMIbaby
Brussels Airlines  Belgium
2009
 - Democratic Republic of the Congo Korongo
Continental Airlines8  United States
2009
 Continental Connection operated by:
→ United States Cape Air
→ United States Colgan Air
→ United States CommutAir
→ United States Gulfstream International Airlines
United States Continental Express operated by:
→ United States Chautauqua Airlines
→ United States ExpressJet Airlines
Guam Continental Micronesia
Croatia Airlines  Croatia
2004
 -
EgyptAir  Egypt
2008
 Egypt EgyptAir Express Egypt Air Cairo
Egypt Air Sinai
Egypt Smart Aviation Company
LOT  Poland
2003
 Poland EuroLOT Poland LOT Charters
Lufthansa1  Germany
1997
 Italy Lufthansa Italia
Germany Lufthansa Regional2 operated by:
→ Italy Air Dolomiti3
→ Germany Augsburg Airways
→ Germany Contact Air
→ Germany Eurowings3
→ Germany Lufthansa CityLine3
Germany Germanwings
Turkey SunExpress4
SAS Scandinavian Airlines1  Denmark
 Norway
 Sweden
1997
 - Norway Widerøe
Estonia Estonian Air
Shanghai Airlines6  China
2007
 - China China United Airlines
Singapore Airlines  Singapore
2000
 - Singapore SilkAir
Singapore Singapore Airlines Cargo
Singapore Tiger Airways
Australia Tiger Airways Australia
South African Airways  South Africa
2006
 South Africa Airlink
South Africa South African Express		 South Africa Mango
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo Express
Spanair  Spain
2003
 -
Swiss International Air Lines   Switzerland
2006
 Switzerland Swiss European Air Lines Switzerland Edelweiss Air
Switzerland Swiss Private Aviation
TAM Airlines  Brazil
2010
 Brazil Pantanal Linhas Aéreas
Paraguay TAM Airlines (Paraguay)		 Brazil TAM Cargo
Brazil TAM Executive Aviation
TAP Portugal  Portugal
2005
 Portugal Portugalia
Portugal PGA Express		 -
Thai Airways International1  Thailand
1997
 - Thailand Nok Air
Thailand Thai Tiger Airways
Turkish Airlines  Turkey
2008
 - Turkey Anadolu Jet
Turkey SunExpress4
Bosnia and Herzegovina B&H Airlines
United Airlines1  United States
1997
 United States United Express2 operated by:
→ United States Chautauqua Airlines
→ United States Colgan Air
→ United States GoJet Airlines
→ United States Mesa Airlines
→ United States Shuttle America
→ United States SkyWest Airlines
→ United States Trans States Airlines		 -
US Airways  United States
2004
 United States US Airways Express2 operated by:
→ United States Air Wisconsin
→ United States Chautauqua Airlines
→ United States Colgan Air
→ United States Mesa Airlines
→ United States Piedmont Airlines5
→ United States PSA Airlines5
→ United States Republic Airlines
→ United States Trans States Airlines
United States US Airways Shuttle		 -

1 Founding member
2 Airlines operating under the Continental Connection, Continental Express, Lufthansa Regional, United Express and US Airways Express brands are not necessarily members of Star Alliance. However flights are operated on behalf of the respective member airlines, carry their designator code and are Star Alliance flights.
3 Members of Lufthansa Regional that are fully owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG
4 Jointly owned by Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines
5 Wholly Owned By US Airways Group
6 Shanghai Airlines will leave the alliance on 31 October 2010 after merging with China Eastern Airlines.[6] In a move to consolidate operations with China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines moved its Beijing operations on March 28, 2010, from terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport, which Star Alliance members are using, to terminal 2 to co-locate with China Eastern.[20] (China Eastern on April 16, 2010 announced its intentions to become a full member of SkyTeam in mid-2011.[21])
7 On 22 March 2010 Air China announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Shenzhen Airlines
8 Merger into United Airlines announced on May 2, 2010. All flights to be operated under United name
9 Merger into Olympic Air announced on February 2010. Olympic Air will join Star Alliance before or when the merger occurs.

Former member airlines and their member affiliate

Former Member Airline Country Joined Exited Affiliates
Ansett Australia1  Australia
1999
2001
 Australia Aeropelican Air Services
New Zealand Ansett New Zealand
Australia Hazelton Airlines
Australia Kendell Airlines
Australia Skywest Airlines
Mexicana2  Mexico
2000
2004
 Mexico Aerocaribe
Varig3, 4  Brazil
1997
2007
 Brazil Nordeste
Brazil Rio Sul
Uruguay PLUNA

1 Collapsed in 2001
2 Left the alliance in 2004 after deciding not to renew a codeshare alliance with United Airlines, opting instead to codeshare with American Airlines, and joined the Oneworld alliance on November 10, 2009
3 Suspended its membership alliance on 31 January 2007 due to major restructuring, being involuntarily ejected, and failing to meet minimum qualifications
4 Was a founding member of the alliance, but due to a code-share agreement with Delta Air Lines, the airline joined the alliance a few months after its birth.

Former member affiliate Country Joined Exited Member affiliate of
AeBal (operating as Spanair Link)  Spain
2003
2008
 Spain Spanair
Ted Airlines1  United States
2004
2009
 United States United Airlines
United Shuttle2  United States
1997
2001
 United States United Airlines

1 Ted's operations are now operating as United Airlines
2 United Shuttle's operations ceased and became part of United Airlines

Future member airlines

Air India will become a full member of Star Alliance by March 2011
Olympic Air will join Star Alliance in late 2010 when the merger with Aegean is completed
Future Member Airline Country Joining Affiliates Non-Future Member Affiliates
Olympic Air[22] 1  Greece
2010
 - -
Air India2  India
March 2011[23]
 India Air India Express
India Air India Regional
India Indian Airlines		 -

1On 26 May 2009 Aegean Airlines' membership application was approved by the Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance. In February 2010, Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air have announced they will merge, with the newly merged airline carrying the Olympic Air brand. Aegean joined Star Alliance on 30 June 2010, and Olympic Air will join Star Alliance in late 2010, before or when the merger occurs.
2 Air India was invited to join Star Alliance on 13 December 2007. It was originally scheduled to become a member on March 29, 2009. Its entry has now been delayed and is now tentatively expected to become a member by March 2011.[24]

Possible future members

At the annual board meeting on 11 December 2008 in Chicago Star Alliance CEO Jaan Albrecht revealed that the alliance is targeting up to 50 members. New management strategies, such as regional and global leaderships are being examined in order to handle a significantly larger alliance.[25]

Airlines having applied/been invited for membership

The following airlines have reportedly been invited to join the alliance or have applied for membership. As the invitation or application still needs to be approved these airlines cannot yet be considered as future members.

Possible Future Member Airline Affiliates Star Alliance
Code Share Partners 		Star Alliance
Frequent Flyer Programme Partners 		Notes
Avianca-TACA Ltd.

Colombia Avianca S.A. (Avianca)
El Salvador TACA International S.A. (TACA) 		Avianca:

Ecuador AeroGal
Nigeria Capital Airlines
Colombia Helicol
Brazil Avianca Brazil (formerly OceanAir)
Colombia SAM
Colombia Tampa Cargo
Brazil VarigLog
Ecuador VIP

TACA:

Panama Aeroperlas
Guatemala Aviateca
Honduras Isleña
Nicaragua La Costeña
Costa Rica Lacsa
Nicaragua Nica
Costa Rica SANSA
Peru TACA Peru
Mexico Volaris		 Avianca:

Air Canada

TACA:

Lufthansa1
United Airlines
US Airways2

TACA:

Lufthansa1
United Airlines		 TACA in 2008 started the process of applying to join Star Alliance. Initially Avianca said TACA would continue this process while it pondered its alliance options separately. But (Germán) Efromovich now says any alliance decision will be made by Avianca and TACA simultaneously.[26]
Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines Togo ASKY Airlines BMI
Brussels Airlines
Lufthansa
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
South African Airways
Turkish Airlines		 Lufthansa
SAS Scandinavian Airlines		 According to CEO Girma Wake, Ethiopian Airlines intends to formally apply for membership early in 2010. The airline hopes to join the alliance in late 2010 or early 2011. Ethiopian also plans to add code share agreements with EgyptAir, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways International and United Airlines.[27][28][29][30]

1 On 1 April 2009 Lufthansa and Taca will start code sharing on flights linking Miami with San Salvador and Caracas with Lima operated by Taca as well as Lufthansa flights from Miami and Caracas to Frankfurt. In addition to that the two airlines agreed to combine their frequent flyer programmes, enabling members to earn and redeem miles on both airlines' entire networks [31]. This comes after Lufthansa and Taca signed a memorandum of understanding on 23 May 2007, intending to cooperate closely [32].
2 Since 12 January 2010[33].

Airlines in membership negotiations

The following airlines are reportedly in negotiations with Star Alliance. These negotiations will not necessarily lead to an invition or application to join the alliance.

Possible Future Member Airline Affiliates Star Alliance
Code Share Partners 		Star Alliance
Frequent Flyer Programme Partners 		Notes
Argentina Aerolíneas Argentinas Argentina Austral Líneas Aereas - - Aerolíneas Argentinas' CEO Mariano Recalde recently revealed that the airline is in early membership negotiations with both Star Alliance and SkyTeam[34].
Malta Air Malta - Austrian Airlines [35]
BMI
Brussels Airlines
Lufthansa
Swiss International Air Lines
Turkish Airlines		 Lufthansa[36]
Swiss International Air Lines		 In an interview published on 1 June 2009 Star Alliance CEO Jaan Albrecht confirmed membership talks between the alliance and Air Malta[37].
Panama Copa Airlines Colombia AeroRepública Continental Airlines Continental Airlines On 21 November 2008, Copa chief executive Pedro Heilbron on the ALTA airline leaders forum in Cancun, expressed that Copa Airlines has decided to leave Sky Team and is in exclusive talks with Star Alliance. According to Mr. Heilbron, Copa Airlines has not much choice since Continental Airlines left Skyteam for Star Alliance.[38]. In May 2009 Copa Airlines confirmed exiting SkyTeam on 24 October 2009[39]
India Jet Airways India Jet Konnect
India JetLite		 Air Canada
ANA
Brussels Airlines
Turkish Airlines
United Airlines		 All Nippon Airways
Austrian Airlines
Brussels Airlines
Lufthansa
South African Airways
Swiss International Air Lines
Turkish Airlines
United Airlines		 Media reports suggest that Lufthansa is courting Jet Airways as a future member. Star Alliance has not ruled out adding a second Indian airline in addition to Air India. However the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation is said to be upset as they feel Air India was put at a disadvantage.[40][41]
In December 2009 Lufthansa board member Karl Ulrich Garnadt mentioned in an interview that a country like India could support more than one alliance member and that Jet Airways was an option for Star Alliance.[42] Air India chairman Arvind Jadhav acknowledged on May 15, 2010 while announcing the joining of Air India into Star Alliance, that Jet Airways is in talks to join[7]. However, he demanded Jet Airways join after Air India so that Air India can have the "first mover advantage"[7].

Oneworld discussed potential membership for Jet Airways in June 2009, as Jet Airways have strong codeshare ties with Oneworld airlines, particularly American Airlines. In February 2010 Kingfisher Airlines decided to join Oneworld; as a result, the likelihood that Jet will join Oneworld may have decreased.[43] It is also possible that Jet Airways may elect to join SkyTeam, as they do not have an Indian airline in the alliance, unlike Star and Oneworld, which are about to have an Indian airline in their alliances.

Airlines being courted/considering membership

The following airlines are reportedly interested in joining the alliance or being courted by Star Alliance. These airlines may or may not decide to become a member.

Possible Future Member Airline Affiliates Star Alliance
Code Share Partners 		Star Alliance
Frequent Flyer Programme Partners 		Notes
Republic of Ireland Aer Lingus Republic of Ireland Aer Lingus Regional Spanair
United Airlines		 United Airlines According to Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Müller, the airline is looking at re-joining a global airline alliance after leaving Oneworld in 2007. It has received strong interest from all global airline groupings[44]. Though the carrier has not expressed a preference for one alliance yet, Chirstoph Müller remarked that Star Alliance or Oneworld would work best for the airline's U.S. routes[45]. Aer Lingus also recently negotiated a major codeshare pact with Spanair[46].
United States JetBlue Airways - Lufthansa - According to Dave Barger, CEO of JetBlue Airways, the airline is currently considering becoming a member of a global airline alliance. Since Lufthansa owns a 19% stake in JetBlue, Star Alliance seems to be the most likely choice. Jetblue already partners with Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines as well as Aer Lingus, which currently is not part of an alliance.[47][48][49] Also, JetBlue has an agreement with South African Airways during the 2010 World Cup so that SAA can make more destinations in the continental US more accessible for travel during the World Cup.[50] However, JetBlue's alliance decision may be influenced by the recent interline partnership agreement signed with Oneworld's American Airlines. Both airlines did not rule out the opportunities of codesharing and JetBlue's participation in Oneworld alliance.[51]
Luxembourg Luxair - Austrian Airlines
LOT
Lufthansa		 All Star Alliance members Lufthansa owns a 13% stake in the company.[52] The airline has also adopted Lufthansa's 'Miles & More' frequent flyer program as their official loyalty program since 29 March 2009.[53][54]
Qatar Qatar Airways - ANA
Asiana Airlines
BMI
Lufthansa
United Airlines		 ANA
Asiana Airlines
BMI
Lufthansa
United Airlines
US Airways		 On 24 July 2009 Qatar Airways' CEO Akbar Al Baker revealed that the airline is interested in joining an airline alliance. Al Baker said that he was most interested in joining Star Alliance but he stressed that such a move has to be win-win situation for all parties involved.[55]
Russia Transaero Airlines - Austrian Airlines
BMI
Singapore airlines [citation needed]
EgyptAir [citation needed]
Air India [citation needed]		 BMI Transaero DG Olga Pleshakova stated that Transaero is "discussing increasing its cooperation with Star Alliance," and is considering full membership, although joining is not currently top priority.
United Kingdom Virgin Atlantic - ANA
BMI
Continental Airlines
Singapore Airlines
South African Airways
US Airways		 Air China
Air New Zealand
All Nippon Airways
BMI
Continental Airlines
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Singapore Airlines
South African Airways
US Airways		 Virgin's involvement with Lufthansa's talks on BMI's future may lead to a possible merger on parts of the airlines' operations - this may well lead to Virgin's entrance into the Star Alliance to counter its major rival, Oneworld alliance's strong presence on the very lucrative LHR-JFK route. In fact Virgin already has partnership agreements with 9 of the Star Alliance members, while having none with Oneworld and SkyTeam members. Singapore Airlines currently has a 49% stake in shareholding on Virgin Atlantic.[49]

Premium status

Star Alliance has two premium levels, Silver and Gold, based on a customer's tier status in a member carrier's frequent flyer program. Each of the member and regional airlines recognizes Star Silver/Gold status, with a few exceptions (mainly pertaining to airport lounge access). The statuses have no specific requirements of their own; membership is based solely on the frequent flyer programs of individual member airlines. Many member airlines also have an additional premium status beyond Gold which is not recognised across Star Alliance.

Star Alliance Silver

Star Alliance Silver status is awarded to customers who have reached a premium level of a member carrier's frequent flyer program.

Benefits of Star Alliance Silver membership:

  • Priority reservations waitlisting
  • Priority airport stand-by

Some airlines also offer the following to Silver members:

  • Priority boarding
  • Priority airport check-in
  • Priority baggage handling
  • Preferred seating
  • Additional checked luggage allowance
  • Waived fees for 1st and 2nd checked bags
  • Airport lounge access

Star Alliance Gold

Star Gold logo
Star Gold logo

Star Alliance Gold status is awarded to customers who have reached a high level of a member airline's frequent flyer program.

Benefits of Star Alliance Gold membership:

  • Priority reservations waitlisting
  • Priority airport stand-by
  • Priority boarding
  • Priority airport check-in
  • Priority baggage handling
  • Additional checked luggage allowance of 20 kg (or one extra piece where the piece concept applies)
  • Airport lounge access to designated Star Alliance Gold lounges on the day and at the place of departure, on presentation of a valid Star Alliance boarding pass.

Some airlines also offer the following to Gold members:

  • Preferred seating (exit seat, or even on a special section on the plane on some carriers, which provides more leg room)
  • Guaranteed seating on fully booked flights (subject to the booking class code and notice period)
  • Free upgrade (in the form of voucher/certificate or automatic upgrade upon check-in)

Qualifying Tiers by Airline

Member Airline Mileage Program Star Silver
( Qualifying Tiers) 		Star Gold
(Qualifying Tiers)
Adria
Austrian
Brussels Airlines
Croatia Airlines
LOT
Lufthansa
SWISS 		Miles & More Frequent Traveller Senator
HON Circle
Aegean Airlines Miles & Bonus Blue Gold
Air Canada Aeroplan Prestige Elite
Super Elite
Air China Phoenix Silver Gold
Platinum
Air New Zealand Airpoints Silver Gold
Gold Elite
ANA Mileage Club Bronze Super Flyers
Diamond
Platinum
Asiana Asiana Club Gold Diamond
Diamond Plus
Platinum
BMI Diamond Club Silver Gold
Blue1
SAS 		EuroBonus Silver Gold
Pandion
Continental Airlines OnePass Silver Gold
Platinum
EgyptAir EgyptAir Plus Silver Gold
Platinum
Shanghai Airlines Flying Crane Silver Gold
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Elite Silver Elite Gold
PPS Club
Solitaire PPS Club
South African Airways Voyager Silver Gold
Platinum
Spanair Spanair Plus Silver Gold
TAM Airlines Fidelidade Blue Red
TAP Victoria Silver Winner Gold Winner
Thai Airways International Royal Orchid Plus Silver Gold
Turkish Airlines Miles and Smiles Classic Plus Elite
Elite Plus
United Mileage Plus Premier Associate
Premier 		Premier Executive
1K
Global Services
US Airways Dividend Miles Silver Preferred Gold Preferred
Platinum Preferred
Chairman's Preferred

The lowest qualification criteria for a Star Alliance Silver status is 4,000 status miles earned during a 12 month period, on Aegean Airlines.

The lowest qualification criteria for a Star Alliance Gold status is 20,000 status miles earned during a 24 month period. (4,000 miles in the first 12 month period and an additional 16,000 miles in a 12 month period after achieving "Blue" status) on Aegean Airlines.

Another carrier offering a similar level for Star Alliance Gold status qualification is Turkish Airlines. Turkish Airlines Miles and Smiles Classic Plus cardholders who earn 40,000 status miles within 12 consecutive months are eligible to become Elite members, thereby earning Star Alliance Gold status. [9] Turkish Airlines Elite status is valid for two years. Miles and Smiles members who are residents of Turkey can renew their Elite level membership by earning 30,000 qualifying miles within one year of earning elite status or 45,000 miles within two years of earning elite status. Miles and Smiles members residing outside of Turkey are eligible for elite status renewal if they accrue 25,000 miles within one year of gaining elite status or 37,500 within two years – the lowest re-qualification criteria for a Star Alliance Gold status.

Effective 1 October 2008, accumulating 40,000 miles over two calendar years in Asiana Airlines Club Programme will gain Gold status, with a renewal requirement of 40,000 miles in two calendar years.

Star Alliance Special Livery

Currently, 81 aircraft are painted in Star Alliance livery.

Country Airline Aircraft Registration Date
 Slovenia Adria Airways Bombardier CRJ200LR S5-AAG April 2005
 Greece Aegean Airlines Airbus A320-232 SX-DVQ June 2010
 Canada Air Canada Boeing 767-333ER
Airbus A330-343X 		C-FMWY
C-GHLM 		January 2004
December 2007
 Canada Air Canada Jazz Bombardier CRJ200ER
Bombardier CRJ705ER 		C-GQJA/171
C-FUJZ/710 		November 2004
September 2005
 China Air China Airbus A330-243 B-6091
B-6093 		October 2007
January 2008
 New Zealand Air New Zealand Airbus A320-232 ZK-OJH September 2004
 Japan All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-281
Boeing 777-281
Boeing 777-381
Boeing 767-381ER
Boeing 737-881 		JA711A
JA712A
JA731A
JA614A
JA51AN 		July 2004
November 2004
November 2004
May 2005
June 2008
 South Korea Asiana Airlines Boeing 767-38E

Airbus A321-231 		HL7516

HL7730 		May 2007 (New Logo)
February 2003 (Old Logo)
April 2010
 Austria Austrian Airlines Boeing 737-8Z9 OE-LNT March 2010
 Finland Blue1 McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 OH-BLF May 2008
 United Kingdom BMI Airbus A330-243

Airbus A320-232 		G-WWBD

G-MIDX 		April 2004 (New Version)
May 2001 (Old Version)
March 2000 (Old Version)
 Belgium Brussels Airlines Airbus A319-112 OO-SSC April 2010
 United States Continental Airlines Boeing 757-224
Boeing 777-224ER
Boeing 737-824
Boeing 737-724
Boeing 777-224ER
Boeing 777-224ER 		N14120
N78017
N26210
N13720
N76021
[N77022] 		October 2009
November 2009
January 2010
March 2010
July 2010
[]
 Croatia Croatia Airlines Airbus A319-112 9A-CTI March 2010
 Egypt EgyptAir Airbus A330-243
Boeing 777-266ER
Boeing 737-866 		SU-GCK
SU-GBR
SU-GCS 		May 2008
June 2008
August 2008
 Poland LOT Polish Boeing 737-55D
Embraer ERJ-170-100LR
Boeing 767-341ER 		SP-LKE
SP-LDK
SP-LPE 		October 2003
May 2005
July 2005
 Germany Lufthansa Airbus A340-642
Airbus A340-311 		D-AIHC
D-AIGC 		December 2003
December 2003
 Germany Lufthansa Regional For Lufthansa CityLine: 3 Bombardier CRJ701ER

For Contact Air: 5 Fokker 100 		D-ACPS
D-ACPQ
D-ACPT
D-AGPH
D-AGPK
D-AFKA
D-AFKB
D-AFKF 		May 2003
September 2003
October 2003
April 2008
April 2008
September 2008
April 2009
August 2009
 United States Republic Airlines For US Airways: Embraer ERJ-170-100-SU N828MD
N829MD 		September 2005
September 2005
 Denmark
 Norway
 Sweden 		SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330-343X
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
McDonnell Douglas MD-81
Boeing 737-883 		SE-REF
OY-KHE
LN-RRL
OY-KHP 		February 2004
August 2004
January 2005
May 2005
 China Shanghai Airlines Boeing 767-36D B-2570 November 2007
 Singapore Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-312
Boeing 747-412
Boeing 777-212ER 		9V-SYE
9V-SPP
9V-SRE 		July 2004
August 2004
September 2004
 South Africa South African Airways Airbus A340-642
Boeing 737-844 		ZS-SNC
ZS-SJV 		February 2006
May 2006
 Spain Spanair Airbus A320-232


McDonnell Douglas MD-87


McDonnell Douglas MD-83



EC-ILH
EC-INM
EC-IOH
EC-KCZ
EC-KHA
EC-KJE
EC-GOM
EC-GQG
EC-GXU
EC-GVO 		February 2003
April 2003
May 2003
April 2007
July 2007
August 2007
January 2007
March 2007
September 2007
June 2008
  Switzerland Swiss International Air Lines Avro RJ100 HB-IYV
HB-IYU 		March 2006
April 2006
 Brazil TAM Airlines Airbus A320-232
Airbus A330-223 		PR-MBO
PT-MVM 		May 2010
June 2010
 Portugal TAP Portugal Airbus A320-214
Airbus A330-223 		CS-TNP
CS-TOH 		June 2006
June 2007
 Thailand Thai Airways International Boeing 747-4D7
Airbus A330-322 		HS-TGW
HS-TEL 		July 2003
October 2003
 Turkey Turkish Airlines Airbus A340-311
Boeing 737-8F2 		TC-JDL 'Ankara'
TC-JFI 'Sivas'
TC-JFH 'Iğdır' 		April 2008
July 2009
March 2009
 United States United Airlines Boeing 767-322ER

Boeing 777-222ER
Boeing 747-422 		N653UA/6353

N218UA/2618
N121UA 		January 2004 (New Version)
April 1998 (First Version)
November 2004
March 2009
 United States US Airways Airbus A319-112
Boeing 757-2B7

N700UW
N935UW
N936UW 		September 2004
January 2007
March 2007

References

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  2. ^ "Tony Jannus Award goes to Jaan Albrecht". Atlanta Business Chronicle. American City Business Journals. March 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
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  5. ^ "2007 World Airlines Awards– Best Alliance". Skytrax. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
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  7. ^ a b c http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/Air-India-to-join-Star-Alliance-by-March-2011/articleshow/5934302.cms
  8. ^ see page 19
  9. ^ "TAM transfere para o Terminal 1 suas operações nos aeroportos de Paris e de Londres" (in Portuguese). TAM Airlines. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  10. ^ "TAM to join Star Alliance". Travel Daily UK. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  11. ^ "Star Alliance Gears Up For Terminal Moves at London Heathrow". Star Alliance. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  12. ^ a b ATW: Star Alliance has eye on India as Air China, Shanghai Airlines prepare to join
  13. ^ EgyptAir » About EgyptAir » News and Press » EgyptAir to join Star Alliance ,last update
  14. ^ http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/html/presse/pressemeldungen/index.html?c=nachrichten/app/show/en/2009/03/909/HOM&s=0
  15. ^ http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=85779&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1337635&highlight=
  16. ^ Continental Airlines to Relocate Airport Operations at Paris/Charles De Gaulle and Barcelona
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  20. ^ [2]
  21. ^ China Eastern to join SkyTeam (Official Press Release: April 16, 2010)
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  23. ^ http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-108348.html
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  25. ^ Star adds Brussels Airlines, targets up to 50$ members
  26. ^ Avianca's Efromovich sees 'honeymoon' with Star Alliance
  27. ^ "Ethiopian plans Star entry"
  28. ^ Girma Wake: Driving growth at Ethiopian Airlines
  29. ^ Ethiopia went "from mule to aircraft" when African aviation was in its infancy - Wake
  30. ^ http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/awx/2010/05/13/awx_05_13_2010_p0-226843.xml&headline=Star%20Close%20To%20Adding%20Two%20More%20Carriers
  31. ^ Lufthansa launches codeshare flights with TACA to Peru and El Salvador
  32. ^ TACA and Lufthansa ponder joint services
  33. ^ US Airways press release
  34. ^ [3]
  35. ^ Air Malta Codeshare Partners
  36. ^ KMile Partners
  37. ^ Star: Alliance's growth, innovation continue to attract attention
  38. ^ Copa and TACA poised to join Star
  39. ^ Copa confirmes SkyTeam exit
  40. ^ "Lufthansa's support for Jet's Star Alliance entry upsets govt"
  41. ^ Air India Entry To Star Delayed By Year
  42. ^ [4]
  43. ^ Kingfisher to join Oneworld
  44. ^ [5] "Aer Lingus looking to join an alliance"
  45. ^ [6] "Aer Lingus Aims to Join Alliance After No-Frills Exit"
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  47. ^ "JetBlue eyeing more international partners"
  48. ^ "JetBlue Airways Looking for International Partners"
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  50. ^ [8]
  51. ^ Arpey: Interlined AA-JetBlue Services 'Eventually' Will Be Included In Corporate Deals
  52. ^ Luxair: Shareholders
  53. ^ MILES & MORE: LUXAIR IS A FULLY INTEGRATED MILES & MORE PARTNER
  54. ^ Miles & More: Luxair
  55. ^ "Qatar Air CEO: 'Star Alliance should invite us to join'"
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