One of the largest airline alliances of the world,
Star Alliance was founded on May 14, 1997, by a group of five international airlines. The alliance achieved huge success in the following years and in recent times the number of members of Star Alliance has been increased to 20.
The airlines forming part of the Star Alliance offer about 18,000 daily flights connecting 965 destinations located in 162 countries. The aircrafts of Star Alliance operating under the member airlines number up to 3,294. The annual passenger turnover is approximately 492.77 million.
The Quick Flight Booking box available on Maps of World offers easy flight bookings with all member airlines of Star Alliance.
The members of the Star Alliance are as follows:
- Air China
- Air New Zealand
- ANA
- Asiana Airlines
- Austrian
- bmi
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Scandinavian Airlines
- Shanghai Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- South African Airways
- Spanair
- SWISS
- TAP Portugal
- THAI
- Turkish Airlines
- United
- US Airways
Regional Members:
- Adria Airways
- Blue1
- Croatia Airlines
The terms and conditions agreed upon by the airline partners of Star Alliance are as follows:
- Coordinated flight schedule
- Premium customer's access to all airport lounges of member airlines
- Cooperation in development of information technology
The benefits offered to people availing the services of Star Airlines members include the following:
- Frequent Flyer Program: Offers regular passengers redeemable miles for their future flights on any of the member airlines.
- Star Alliance Gold and Silver Status: Offers customers priority benefits like standby, check-in, handling, boarding, lounge access and the like.
- Lounge access: All passengers availing the flights of Star Alliance members have access to the lounges at the airports served by the flights.
- Connections program: Offers assistance about flight delays and such problems.
- More Under One Roof: This program offers easy transfer for all passengers of member airlines.
The official website of Star Alliance is www.staralliance.com.
