Star Alliance facts for kids

Air Canada, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International and United Airlines the five founding members of Star Alliance

Star Alliance is the world's first and largest airline alliance. Its headquarters are in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. 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. 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 678.5 million passengers.

Members

Member airline	Joined
Adria Airways	2004 2004
Aegean Airlines	2010
Air Canada	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	1997
Scandinavian Airlines	1997
Shenzhen Airlines	2012
Singapore Airlines	2000
South African Airways	2006
Swiss International Air Lines	2006
TAM Airlines	2010
TAP Portugal	2005
Thai Airways International	1997
Turkish Airlines	2008
United Airlines	1997
US Airways	2004

Founding member.
Left alliance on 30 March 2014 and moved to Oneworld with LAN Airlines.
Left alliance in early 2014 upon completion of merger with American Airlines.

Past members

• Ansett Australia
• Blue1
• bmi
• Continental Airlines
• Mexicana de Aviacion
• Shanghai Airlines
• Spanair
• TACA Airlines
• TAM Airlines
• US Airways
• Varig Brazilian Airlines

Images for kids

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  "The Star Alliance is Born" – airliners of the five founding members (United Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International, Air Canada and Lufthansa) of the alliance gathered together, May 1997.

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  Four United Airlines planes at San Francisco International Airport. One is painted the Star Alliance special livery.

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  Four members of Star Alliance at Tokyo Narita Airport: Thai, United, Continental, Swiss and SAS

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  A Thai Airways International Boeing 747-400 in Star Alliance livery.

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  A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER in Star Alliance livery (with tail painted in white).

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  An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Star Alliance livery on final approach to London Heathrow Airport.

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  An Egyptair Boeing 737-800 in Star Alliance livery on final approach to Düsseldorf Airport.

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  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).

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  A SAS A320neo in regular livery showing the Star Alliance logo behind the cockpit windows.

See also

In Spanish: Star Alliance para niños