Thursday, December 18, 2014

Airline Alliances



There are three major airline alliances, One World, Star Alliance, and Sky Team, to which the soon-to-be three American based airlines belong. In addition to alliances, many of the airlines have partnerships with other airlines that are outside of their alliance. It is important to be aware of this as it presents more opportunities for using your airline miles for award flights. Below I have provided the three alliances and their airlines as of 12/17/2014. In future posts, I will refer to some or all of these alliances. Knowing which airlines are in which alliance is vital to maximizing your flight opportunities.

One World
American Airlines and US Airways belong to the One World alliance. They will soon complete their merger and US Airways will cease to exist. Below is the list of 15 airlines in this alliance. I have also included the main geographical area of service for some of the airlines that may not be well known.
AirBerlin - Germany
American Airlines
British Airways
Cathay Pacific - Asia
Finnair - Finland
Iberia - Spain
Japan Airlines
LAN – South America
TAM Airlines - Brazil
Malaysia Airlines
Qantas - Australia
Qatar Airways
Royal Jordanian
S7 Airlines – Russia
SriLankan Airlines





Star Alliance
United Airlines belongs to the Star Alliance. There are 27 airlines in the Star Alliance. Below is a list of those airlines and geographical area of service or hub, if the airline is not well known:
Adria Airlines – Slovenia
Aegean Airlines – Greece
Air Canada
Air China
Air India
Air New Zealand
ANA – Japan
Asiana Airlines – Korea
Austrian
Avianca – Central and South America
Brussels Airlines
Copa Airlines – Panama
Croatia Airlines
EgyptAir
Ethiopian Airlines
EVA Air – Taipei
LOT Polish Airlines
Lufthansa
Scandinavian Airlines
Shenzhen Airlines – China
Singapore Airlines
South African Airways
Swiss
TAP Portugal
Thai
Turkish Airlines
United

 

 

Sky Team
Delta Airlines belongs to the Sky Team Alliance. There are 20 airlines in the Sky Team Alliance. Below is a list of those airlines and geographical area of service or hub, if the airline is not well known:
Aeroflot – Russia
Aerolineas Argentinas
Aero Mexico
Air Europa – Spain
Air France
Alitalia – Italy
China Airlines
China Eastern
China Southern
Czech Airlines
Delta
Garuda Indonesia
Kenya Airways
KLM – Europe
Korean Air
Middle East Airlines
Saudia
TAROM – Romania
Vietnam Airlines
Xiamen Air - China

 

 

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