Airline Alliance
From SmarterTravel
A business relationship between two or more airlines to cooperate on a substantial level. These alliances are often between U.S. domestic carriers and foreign ones. The purpose is to allow foreign carriers access to the U.S. market and domestic carriers a means of access to "beyond-Europe" centers. There are three major airline alliances.
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oneworld
The oneWorld alliance travels to 600 destinations in 135 countries. Combined fleet of approximately 2,000 aircraft. 8 member airlines:
Star Alliance
Established in 1997, Star Alliance travels to 795 destinations in 139 countries. Combined fleet of more than 2,000 aircraft. 21 member airlines:
- Air Canada
- Air New Zealand
- ANA - All Nippon Airways
- Andria
- Asiana Airlines
- Austrian Airlines
- Blue 1
- BMI British Midland
- Croatia Airlines
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- German Airlines
- SAS - Scandinavian Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- Spanair
- Swiss
- TAP Air Portugal
- Thai Airways
- United Airlines
- US Airways
- Varig Brazilian Airlines
SkyTeam
SkyTeam offers 658 destinations in 133 countries. Combined fleet of more than 2,000 aircraft. 9 member airlines:
- Aeromexico
- Alitalia
- Air France
- Continental Airlines Continental has announced plans to leave SkyTeam and join the Star Alliance.
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- KLM
- Korean Air
- Northwest
External links
- Read SmarterTravel.com's article on airline alliances/codesharing: Codesharing, grief sharing?
- oneworld
- Star Alliance
- SkyTeam