Happy Anniversary Star Alliance

22 Yrs ago today 5 airlines (United, Scandinavian, Thai, Lufthansa & Air Canada) from three continents met, and together they formed an Alliance, today Star Alliance has 27 members. Star Alliance is one of the world's largest global airline alliances. It was founded on the 14th May 1997, and its headquarters is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. As of April 2018, Star Alliance is the second largest global alliance by passenger count with 728 million, behind SkyTeam (730 million) and ahead of Oneworld (528 million). Star Alliance's 27 member airlines operate a fleet of approximately 4,657 aircraft, serving more than 1,330 airports in 192 countries on more than 18,500 daily departures. The alliance has a two-tier rewards program, Silver and Gold, with incentives including priority boarding and upgrades. Like other airline alliances, Star Alliance airlines share airport terminals (known as co-location) and many member planes are painted in the alliance's livery. The airlines chose a star logo and have shared the logo from the beginning, with its five points representing the five founding airlines. The alliance adopted its first slogan, "The Airline Network for Earth", with its goal "an alliance that will take passengers to every major city on earth".

Members and affiliates

Member	Joined	Affiliates
Adria Airways	18 November 2004	N/A
Aegean Airlines	30 June 2010	Olympic Air
Air Canada	14 May 1997	Air Canada Express Air Canada Rouge
Air China	12 December 2007	Dalian Airlines
Air India	3 July 2014	Alliance Air
Air New Zealand	3 May 1999	Air New Zealand Link
All Nippon Airways	15 October 1999	Air Japan ANA Wings
Asiana Airlines	28 March 2003	Air Seoul Air Busan
Austrian Airlines	26 March 2000	N/A
Avianca	21 June 2012	Avianca Argentina Avianca Brazil Avianca Costa Rica Avianca Ecuador Avianca El Salvador Avianca Guatemala Avianca Honduras Avianca Peru
Brussels Airlines	9 December 2009	N/A
Copa Airlines	21 June 2012	Copa Airlines Colombia
Croatia Airlines	18 November 2004	N/A
EgyptAir	11 July 2008	EgyptAir Express
Ethiopian Airlines	13 December 2011	ASKY Airlines
EVA Air	18 June 2013	UNI Air
LOT Polish Airlines	26 October 2003	Nordica Airlines
Lufthansa	14 May 1997	Air Dolomiti Lufthansa Regional Lufthansa CityLine SunExpress Deutschland
Scandinavian Airlines	14 May 1997	Scandinavian Airlines Ireland
Shenzhen Airlines	29 November 2012	Kunming Airlines
Singapore Airlines	1 April 2000	Silkair Scoot
South African Airways	10 April 2006	Airlink Mango South African Express
Swiss International Air Lines	1 April 2006	Edelweiss Air
TAP Air Portugal	14 March 2005	TAP Express
Thai Airways	14 May 1997	Thai Smile
Turkish Airlines	1 April 2008	AnadoluJet SunExpress
United Airlines	14 May 1997	United Express

Its slogan is "The Way The Earth Connects".
www.staralliance.com
Information sourced from Wikipedia