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Airline Consolidation and Alliances

In2003thethreeglobalairlinealliancescombinedhad29memberairlines;full

membershipnownumbers63airlines(plusaffiliates/associates).

AviancaBrazilisthelatestairlinetojoinoneoftheglobalalliancesasitbecamethe

28thmemberoftheStarAllianceinJuly2015.
 Ataglance

oneworld(1)

SkyTeam(2)

Star(3)

Countries Destinations Dailydepartures Passengers(mill)

154 1,015 14,296 513

179 1,057 16,270 665

192 1,330 18,500 641

(1)AsatJune2015(2)AsatJuly2015(3)AsatJuly2015

2014sawaslowingingrowthintheglobal IntheMiddleEast,QatarAirwaysisstillthe

airlinealliancesintermsofaddingnew onlyoneofthethreemaincarrierstohave

members.Oneworldaddedthreenew joinedaglobalalliance.Emiratesand

members,twoofwhichmovedfromthe Etihadarepursuingindependent

StarAlliancefollowingairlinemergers.Star strategies,workingwithkeypartnersand

andSkyTeameachaddedonenewairline establishingcodesharingarrangements

(withStarlosingtwoairlinesthrough whichbothcrossalliancesandconnect

mergers).Thethreenewairlinestojoinup withunalignedcarriers.Etihad,alongwith

withtheglobalallianceswereallAsian fiveotherairlinesairberlin,AirSerbia,Air

carriers;SriLankanAirlinestooneworld,Air Seychelles,JetAirwaysandDarwinAirline

IndiatoStarandGarudaIndonesiato hasrecentlyformedEtihadAirways

SkyTeam.2015todatehasseenjustone Partners.Withareportedaimofimproving

newglobalalliancemember,AviancaBrazil networksandschedulesandenhancing

totheStarAlliance. frequentflyerbenefits,otherairlinesmay

join,eventhosealignedwithoneofthe

Withtheincreaseinbilateralagreements
majoralliances(airberlinisalreadya

betweencarriersandwithmostmajor
memberoftheoneworldalliance).

airlinesofthemajormarketsalready

membersofoneofthethreeglobal InChina,HainanAirlinesisthelastofthe

alliances,therearecurrentlynodefinite majorairlinestoremainunaligned.

prospectivememberslinedup.Allthree

Thecurrentstatusofthethreeglobal
allianceshavebeenfocusingonextending

alliancesisshowninthetablebelow.
memberbenefitsbycreatingvaluefrom

existingnetworks.
World Airline Alliances as at September 2015
Alliance Members

oneworld Foundingmembers:AmericanAirlines,BritishAirways,CathayPacificAirways

andQantasAirways(1February1999).CanadianAirlines,alsoafounding

(15 member,withdrewJune2000.

member Additionalmembers:FinnairandIberia(September1999),LANAirlines(May

airlines) 2000),JapanAirlinesandRoyalJordanian(April2007),Dragonair(affiliate,

November2007),S7Airlines(November2010),airberlin(March2012),

MalaysiaAirlines(February2013),QatarAirways(October2013),USAirways

(March2014,fromStaraftermergingwithAmericanAirlines),TAMAirlines

(March2014,fromStaraspartofLATAMAirlinesGroup),SriLankanAirlines

(May2014).

Formermembers:CanadianAirlines,afterbeingpurchasedbyAirCanada,

withdrewfromtheallianceinJune2000.AerLingus(joinedMay2000,left

April2007),Mexicana(joinedNovember2009,operationssuspendedAugust

2010),Malev(joinedApril2007,operationssuspendedFebruary2012).

Star Foundingmembers:UnitedAirlines,AirCanada,Lufthansa,ThaiAirways

Alliance InternationalandSASScandinavianAirlines(14May1997).

Additionalmembers:AirNewZealand(March1999),AllNipponAirways

(28 (October1999),AustrianAirlinesGroup(March2000),SingaporeAirlines

member (April2000),AsianaAirlines(March2003),LOTPolishAirlines(October2003),

airlines) AdriaAirwaysandCroatiaAirlines(December2004),TAPAirPortugal(March

2005),SouthAfricanAirwaysandSwissInternationalAirlines(April2006),Air

China(December2007),TurkishAirlines(April2008),EgyptAir(July2008),

BrusselsAirlines(December2009),AegeanAirlines(June2010),Ethiopian

Airlines(December2011),AviancaTACAAirlinesandCopaAirlines(June

2012),ShenzhenAirlines(November2012),EVAAir(June2013),AirIndia(July

2014),AviancaBrazil(July2015).

Formermembers:AnsettAirlines(joinedMarch1999,failedin2001),

MexicanaAirlines(joinedJuly2000,endedMarch2004),VARIGBrazilian

Airlines(joinedOctober1997,endedJanuary2007),ShanghaiAirlines(joined

December2007,endedOctober2010),Continental(joinedOctober2009,

mergedwithUnitedJanuary2012),Spanair(joinedApril2003,ceased

operationJanuary2012),bmibritishmidland(joinedJuly2000,endedApril

2012),Blue1(joinedOctober2004,endedNovember2012),TAM(joinedMay

2010,movedtooneworldinMarch2014aspartoftheLATAMAirlinesGroup),

USAirways(joinedMay2004,movedtooneworldinMarch2014aspartof

mergerwithAmericanAirlines).
 SkyTeam Foundingmembers:AirFrance,Delta,AeroMexicoandKoreanAir(June

2000).

(20 Additionalmembers:CSACzechAirlines(March2001),Alitalia(July2001),

member KLM(September2004),Aeroflot(April2006),KenyaAirwaysandAirEuropa

airlines) (associatesSeptember2007,fullmembersJune2010),ChinaSouthern

Airlines(November2007),VietnamAirlines,TAROM(June2010),China

Eastern,includingsubsidiaryShanghaiAirlines(June2011),ChinaAirlines

(September2011),SaudiArabianAirlines(May2012),MiddleEastAirlines

(June2012),AerolineasArgentinas(August2012),XiamenAirlines(November

2012),GarudaIndonesia(March2014).

Formermembers:ContinentalAirlines(joinedSeptember2004,leftOctober

2009),CopaAirlines(joinedSeptember2007,leftOctober2009),Northwest

(joinedSeptember2004,mergedwithDeltaJanuary2010).

Source:TFIWebsitebasedonairlinesources.

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