Question: What is the passenger count of the airline alliance that is larger than the last of the major alliances formed?
Context: Assembly elections was held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2004.  The major alliances were the Democratic Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena alliance.  Other political parties contested were the Bahujan Samajwadi Party, the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the LJP.  66,000 electronic voting machines were used to elect the 288 members of the Maharashtra legislative assembly. A continent pass (usually called something like Europe (air)pass, Pacific (air)pass or American (air)pass) is a product and service of an airline alliance.  For a relatively low price the traveler can travel freely using all intra-continental flights the airline alliance offers on that continent.  There are restrictions on the number of miles, flights or stops the traveler can make.  Travelers can benefit from the extensive networks airline alliances offer and can earn reward points for each mile they fly by participating in the alliance's frequent flyer program. Third Front in Indian politics refers to various alliances formed by smaller parties at various points of time since 1989 to offer a third option to Indian voters, challenging the Indian National Congress and Bhartiya Janata Party. Star Alliance is one of the world's largest global airline alliances. Founded on 14 May 1997, its current CEO is Jeffrey Goh and its headquarters is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.  s of November 2016 , Star Alliance is the largest global alliance by passenger count with 689.98 million, ahead of SkyTeam (665.4 million) and Oneworld (557.4 million).  Its slogan is "The Way The Earth Connects". Kingfisher Airlines was established in 2003.  It is owned by the Bengaluru based United Breweries Group.  The airline started commercial operations on 9 May 2005 with a fleet of four new Airbus A320-200s operating a flight from Mumbai to Delhi.  It started its international operations on 3 September 2008 by connecting Bengaluru with London.  Kingfisher's head office is located in Kingfisher House Western Express Highway Vile Parle (E) Mumbai – 400099 India and its registered office is located in UB City, Bangalore.  Its head office was previously in the Kingfisher House in Vile Parle (East), Mumbai.  In 2012 Vijay Mallya was trying to sell the Vile Parle Kingfisher House.  The airline had shut down its operations when on 20 October 2012 the DGCA suspended its flying license.  This suspension had been due to failure to give an effective response to the show-cause notice issued by DGCA.  However, The airline had locked out its employees for several days before this suspension.  On 25 October 2012, the employees agreed to return to work.  On 7 June 2010 Kingfisher became a member elect of the Oneworld airline alliance when it signed a formal membership agreement.  Kingfisher confirmed on 20 December 2011 that it will join the Oneworld airline alliance on 10 February 2012.  Kingfisher would have been the first Indian carrier to join one of the big airline alliances.  However, on 3 February 2012, owing to bad financial situation and two days after the International Air Transport Association (IATA) clearing house suspended Kingfisher Airlines; the airlines participation to Oneworld has been put on hold. Ealdwulf (or Aldwulf) was king of East Anglia from 663 to around 713.  His forty-nine year reign was extraordinary in length, with only Æthelbald of Mercia and Offa of Mercia having comparable longevity.  Little is known of Ealdwulf, but his long rule reflects the success of alliances formed in the decades before his ascension.  During his reign, East Anglia experienced a long period of stability and growth, not least in its commercial centre at Gipeswic (now modern Ipswich). Perfidious Albion is an anglophobic pejorative phrase used within the context of international relations and diplomacy to refer to alleged acts of diplomatic sleights, duplicity, treachery and hence infidelity (with respect to perceived promises made to or alliances formed with other nation states) by monarchs or governments of Britain (or England) in their pursuit of self-interest. SkyTeam is an airline alliance.  Founded in June 2000, SkyTeam was the last of the three major airline alliances to be formed, the first two being Star Alliance and Oneworld.  s of 2014 , SkyTeam consists of 20 carriers from five continents and operates with the slogan "Caring more about you".  It also operates a cargo alliance named SkyTeam Cargo, which partners ten carriers, all of them SkyTeam members.  Its centralised management team, "SkyTeam Central", is based at the World Trade Center Schiphol Airport on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. Oneworld (marketed as oneworld; CRS: *O) is an airline alliance founded on 1 February 1999.  The alliance's stated objective is to be the first-choice airline alliance for the world's frequent international travelers.  Its central alliance office is currently based in New York City in the United States.  Its member airlines include Air Berlin, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LATAM Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines and SriLankan Airlines, plus some 21 affiliated airlines.  As of August 2016, Oneworld is the third largest global alliance in terms of passengers with more than 557.4 million passengers carried, behind Star Alliance (689.98 M) and SkyTeam (665.4 M).  Its slogan is "An alliance of the world's leading airlines working as one." During the Cold War, Canada was one of the western powers playing a central role in the major alliances.  It was an ally of the United States, but there were several foreign policy differences between the two countries over the course of the Cold War.
Answer: 689.98 million