Star Alliance

Star Alliance

Launch date	14 May 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05-14)
Full members	26
Non-voting members	40 affiliates
Pending members	0
Destination airports	1,294[1]
Destination countries	195[2]
Annual passengers (M)	762[2]
Annual RPK (G)	1,739[1]
Fleet size	5,033[1]
Headquarters	Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany[3]
Management	Jeffrey Goh, CEO[4] Scott Kirby, Chairman[5]
Alliance slogan	The Way the Earth Connects.
Website	staralliance.com

Star Alliance is the world's first and largest airline alliance. Its headquarters are in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.^[6] 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. ^[7] 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 678.7 million passengers.

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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Star Alliance Facts and Figures". Retrieved 16 September 2019.
3. ↑ Cite error: The named reference headquarter1 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
4. ↑ "Star Alliance Management". www.staralliance.com.
5. ↑ "Scott Kirby Elected New Chairman of Star Alliance Chief Executive Board". www.staralliance.com.
6. ↑ "Impressum". Star Alliance. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
7. ↑ "Home" (PDF).