Star Alliance

Star Alliance is the world's first and largest airline alliance. Its headquarters are in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. 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.  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.
Members

 Member airline Joined Aegean Airlines  Air Canada  Air China  Air New Zealand  All Nippon Airways  Asiana Airlines Austrian Airlines Avianca  Brussels Airlines Copa Airlines Croatia Airlines EgyptAir Ethiopian Airlines EVA Air LOT Polish Airlines Lufthansa   Scandinavian Airlines    Shenzhen Airlines  Singapore Airlines  South African Airways  Swiss International Air Lines  TAM Airlines  TAP Portugal  Thai Airways International  Turkish Airlines  United Airlines  US Airways 
Founding member. 
 Left alliance on 30 March 2014 and moved to Oneworld with LAN Airlines. 
 Left alliance in early 2014 upon completion of merger with American Airlines.

Past members
 Adria Airways
 Ansett Australia 
 bmi 
 Continental Airlines 
 Mexicana de Aviacion 
 Spanair 
 TACA Airlines 
 TAM Airlines 
 US Airways 
 Varig Brazilian Airlines 

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Category:Companies based in Frankfurt
Category:1997 establishments in Germany