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Star Alliance is an airline alliance headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. [5] Founded on 14 May 1997, it was the world's first global airline alliance. [1] As of April 2024, it is also the world's largest airline alliance by market share, holding 17.4%, compared to 13.7% for SkyTeam and 11.9% for Oneworld.
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; ... Number of employees. 103,300 (2023) ... United is a founding member of the Star Alliance. [6]
It has been a member of Star Alliance since 2012, and is currently one of two Chinese airlines that are members. [4] In 2010, the airline carried 16.5 million passengers, up 9% from the previous year.
Swiss International Air Lines AG, stylized as SWISS, is the flag carrier of Switzerland and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, as well as a Star Alliance member. It operates scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia.
On 18 November 2004, Croatia Airlines joined Star Alliance. [ citation needed ] Airbus and Croatia Airlines announced on 22 October 2008 the order of four additional 132-seat A319 aircraft, to be delivered from 2013. [ 5 ]
The first jet to re-enter revenue service in the American livery in January 2014 was an Airbus A319, tail number N700UW, which previously sported a Star Alliance scheme. [ 112 ] One aircraft, an Airbus A321 under registration N578UW, has been left painted in the US Airways livery, as one of American's heritage aircraft.
Benefits can consist of an extended network, often realised through codeshare agreements.Many alliances started as only codeshare networks. Cost reductions come from sharing operation facilities (e.g. catering or computer systems), operation staff (e.g. ground handling personnel, at check-in and boarding desks), investments and purchases (e.g. in order to negotiate extra volume discounts). [6]
As a part of this deal, Brussels Airlines would join Star Alliance. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] From 26 October 2008, the ICAO code was changed from DAT to BEL . On 15 June 2009, Brussels Airlines announced that the European Commission had granted approval for Lufthansa to take a minority share in Brussels Airlines.